I blinked down at him as I realized. “It’s… gone,” I said. “I was feeling all cooped up and anxious before, but now it’s gone.”
Vandle grinned. “Good girl.”
He let me swing my legs off his shoulders, planting my feet on the ground. I sat up on the edge of the bed and rested my hands on my thighs.
Phantom watched every movement, disappointment crossing his expression when he couldn’t see my centre anymore. He hadn’t come further into the room, but also hadn’t retreated back into the steamy, bright bathroom.
“She wants to go to the cafeteria,” Vandle said.
“I don’t know if I need to anymore,” I mumbled.
I’d been trying to escape the feelings, but apparently all I’d needed was that—not a dangerous trip out of their wing. I didn’t want to inconvenience them more when I was already feeling better.
The Sisters had only ever talked about what we would do to please our alphas. But Vandle was satisfied through the bond, so that was good.
It had just been overly focused on… well, me.
“It’s probably better to keep her in here until we go for our appeal,” Phantom said.
Vandle looked like he half agreed, but shook his head. “Can’t keep her locked in here the whole time. When the Emerald pack go to eat, we should go with them. Safety in numbers.”
Phantom’s jaw clenched. I didn’t like that tense, worried look on his face, and pushed to my feet. Crossing the small room, I grabbed his hand.
He glanced down at it, eyebrows drawn together, and I almost lost my nerve and dropped it. Then he hauled me to his side, huddling me under his arm. “What do you want, Little Omega?” he asked.
“I don’t need to leave,” I promised. “We can stay here all the time and maybe Vandle can just… do that again, if I get antsy.”
His growl made me startle. “Next time ismyturn.”
“Oh. You don’thaveto?—”
“It’s my turn next. I can make you come just as well as he can.”
My face flamed and I turned to hide it against his side.
Hewantedto?
They would be taking turns? What was so special about it? I felt more like a burden than anything else…
Phantom held me close, his hand caressing my back as I clung to him. “We’ll go out later if you’re settled for now. There are protein bars if you need a snack before dinner.”
Out of the corner of my eye, I snuck a peek at Vandle and caught his pleased smirk. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, cleaning it of my slick.
I would never hear the word ‘snack’ the same way ever again.
18
SIN
Karma and I left the cell completely alone in the morning—when it came to leverage on the Redgraves, we couldn’t even trust the Emerald pack not to turn on us.
The key to the contraband room was my biggest piece of leverage—a secret I would have left the Emerald pack with if not for its ability to save Crescent.
I didn’t keep it in our cell because that was asking for trouble. Besides, there were thousands of nooks and crannies in this stone prison. Tons of junk rooms and empty rooms full of trash that not even the most desperate prisoner would want anymore. Cells with leaks that alphas would only use if Anarchy was at full capacity—which it never was.
But now I needed to pick it up from its hiding place.
A spot I never checked on, because checking on it would be riskier than leaving it the fuck alone.