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“Are you sure I really need this?”

I’d had a shower, and Aaron and some of his army buddies had arrived. I was currently standing in a pair of jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, getting a bulletproof vest fitted.

“It’s what I wear when I go down there,” Aaron said, checking all the straps. My skin crawled. The pressure and rub of the clothes felt so wrong, and I was starting to drip with sweat.

“Are we done?”

“Never,” Slade said with a shake of his head, pushing himself away from the wall.

“It’s been all cleared. Kelly will be standing by, at a distance,” Finn said, sticking his head in the door.

“Why at a distance? It’s him I want to see, not her.”

“Right now, you’re one little ball of dominance displays, topped off with a very healthy sex drive,” Slade said.

“New Tirians have gotten caught up in battles with the alpha before, and it hasn’t ended well. She keeps as far away as she can, to avoid any unnecessary pain.” Finn smiled when he saw my bald stare. “You think you can take her? Try once the heat’s settled down and you’ve selected your pack.”

“Don’t.” I looked over my shoulder to see Brandon had drawn closer.

“What?”

“Don’t...don’t go getting caught up in power struggles.”

I took in his frown, the arm’s crossed firmly across his chest.

“Are we good?” I pointed to the bulletproof vest. Aaron nodded.

It was bulky and uncomfortable, even more so when I reached out and gave Brandon a hug, but it was worth it when those arms loosened and went around me.

“I just want to see this guy.”

“I know.” He buried his head in my hair, breathing in my scent. “It worries me.”

“We’ll take care of her,” Finn said. “Not that she needs it. She’s near-indestructible now, you know that. With Aaron and the guns...”

“Worries aren’t rational, but they feel like they are,” Brandon said, stepping back. “I’ll be here when you get back. Be safe, and I hope you get what you need.”

Finn was the only one apart from Aaron that would come with me. A couple of big burly guys nodded as soon as we came outside and climbed into the front of the truck, leaving me to get in the back, Finn on one side and Aaron on the other.

Finn smiled at me as the truck started rumbling down the road.

My body was sure this was going to be just like the matching hall incident, which had me wriggling in my seat.

He noted this, his eyes growing hooded. I reached out and placed a hand on his leg, something he captured quickly.

He tangled his fingers in mine, rubbing a thumb over my knuckle.

“It’s been too long,” he said when I cocked an eyebrow.

“It was only last night.”

“I know, but it never feels like it's enough. I’m either in you, or watching one of the guys in you. I’m lucky Kelly put me on indefinite leave, because I am a fucking mess right now.”

“First order of business when we get home,” Aaron said. “Him first, then me. Sound good, Jules?”

They both watched me shift in my seat, my legs crossing and uncrossing.

What the fuck was I doing, leaving the house?

All I could see, think, feel was exactly that.

We’d worked out a Goldilocks protocol for sex, where I went from one to the next until everyone was ‘just right’.

I hadn’t had any more pain with Aaron, something he knew damn well from that smile on his face, only the pleasure that came from having more cock than I would have ever thought possible.

“You OK, Jules?” Finn asked, his smile unwavering. “Something you need? Because we can turn this truck around. You just say the word.”

“No,” I said, reaching out for both of them, one for each hand. I pressed the palm into each straining groin, letting them slide up and down, up and down to the musical sound of their groans.