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Lily

I wanted all of them, the moment Roan lifted his fangs from my throat, but two of them weren’t home. And with the heat searing me from the inside out, waiting was not an option. I flung myself onto my bed, my nest, and tore at my clothing, needing my skin bared to my mates’ gaze.

All three of my mates.

“Roan, where are Benji and Harlan?”

“I don’t know. They are out somewhere but—”

“Get them. Now.” My snarl sounded more like my wolf than my human self. “Go!”

“I’ll call them.” He didn’t argue, didn’t chastise me for treating an alpha with so little respect. They weren’t like that to start with, but an omega in heat is in total control of the situation. Not herself. Not her body. But the situation? Yea. I got that now. I was learning things all the time.

A sheen of sweat covered my skin, as I lay on the nest, ready for my alphas to take me.

Doubts, hesitations, everything was gone.

They were supposed to see me through the heat, and I realized now we’d never said what that meant.

But we’d built up a trust between us and they were my mates.

I retained enough brain power to know that, possibly with my wolf’s help, and if they didn’t get here soon, I was going to find them.

Roan returned from wherever he’d gone to make his calls. “They will be back in about five minutes. I told them the situation, so maybe sooner.”

“That’s so long!” It felt like forever. “What can I do?”

“I’ve got you, omega.” Roan pulled off his shirt and climbed onto the bed next to me. “Until the others come.”