Page 34 of Welcome to Seaman’s Cove: Part Two

“A ship,” Hunter replies dryly as he sits down on the other side of me from Sebastian.

I roll my eyes at the surly professor.

Phoenix drops down beside his boyfriend. “Told you he was hot,” he whispers loud enough for all of us to hear.

Caspian’s ears pinken, but he turns a heated gaze on Phoenix. “Have you been talking about me, alpha?”

“Hell yeah, I have. Missed you, squishy.” Phoenix winks at Caspian, but it’s more than playful. It’s hungry.

Caspian looks at me like he’s asking permission for something, but I’m not sure what. I nod anyway, because there isn’t anything I wouldn’t give my mate.

Caspian lifts his body higher out of the water, his strong tail swinging in a graceful arc. “Can I kiss your boyfriend, beta?”

That definitely wasn’t what I was expecting. I don’t think Sebastian was prepared for it either, because he gasps and coughs as if he swallowed wrong.

Hunter leans into my side, watching the exchange with as much interest as I am. My skin is suddenly so hot it feels sunburnt. We should make a plan to get out of here, but all I can think about is Caspian kissing Phoenix.

Phoenix and Caspian both look at Sebastian. We all wait with bated breath for his answer.

“Uh… um… if Phoenix wants that?”

Phoenix answers with an alpha growl that vibrates my insides. The next second, he’s pulling Caspian toward him, spreading his legs so the other alpha can slot between them. Their lips meet in a kiss that’s both desperate and tender.

Phoenix grabs Caspian’s long hair and wraps it around his fist, using it to tilt the merman’s head where he wants it. Caspian grips Phoenix’s thighs hard enough to bruise. There’s pure masculine dominance in the way they try to devour each other.

I can’t rip my eyes away.

A low whimper slips past my lips, and four sets of eyes are suddenly on me. My skin feels tight. The sun, sweltering overhead. My pussy has a pulse of its own. Slick gathers between my thighs. My perfume floods the air, overpowering every other scent.

Hunter’s nostrils flare. “Omega.”

And that’s when I know we’re in trouble. I’m having a heat spike on a rock in the middle of the ocean. Gods, I hope it’s not a full heat. I haven’t had my suppressants for days. The stress seems to have been enough to keep my heat at bay, until now, when I’m finally re-united with my pack.

And Sebastian. My sweet beta who never wanted to go through a heat with me. I can’t do this to him when we’re trapped here.

I lock my legs together and sink into the ocean. Maybe the cold will be enough to snap me out of it, to hide the change in my scent.

The moment I’m in the water, Caspian draws me to him. His body skyrockets my need. So much for that plan.

Phoenix and Hunter slip in behind us, all three of them touching me, crowding me, surrounding me in their scents. I can’t fight the moan that shakes out of me.

“I can’t…” I whisper, gaze swinging to Sebastian. If I could fight this for him, I would, but it’s too strong. The need to feel my pack, to join with them physically, overpowers everything else.

Sebastian licks his lips, and doesn’t look away. There’s something steady in his expression. He doesn’t seem panicked. He’s not moving away.

“It’s okay, omega,” Hunter says, kissing up my neck. “Just relax and let us take care of you.”

Despite my fear about what’s to come, my uncertainty about how Sebastian might feel, our trapped circumstances, there’s nothing I want more. So, I give in and let them take control.

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I’m a voyeur watching my hottest fantasy play out in front of me. The woman I’ve been crushing on, kissing my boyfriend, while a merman and her professor pull her shirt over her head. Yeah, merman. I still can’t get over that. And he’s probably the most attractive male I’ve ever seen in real life next to my firebird. That long blue hair, those piercing eyes, his toned physique—it all combines in a way that has my blood rushing south.

Hunter lifts Madi back onto the flat rock where I’m sitting. “Present for your alphas, omega.”

Shit, that’s hot. Madi seems to think so too, because she’s instantly scrambling onto her hands and knees.

“Wait!” Caspian barks then points to a little cave-like overhang of rock where there are textiles clustered in a makeshift nest.