They’d get a show, alright. I’d done this hundreds of times and knew how to work the crowd. And Crescent… Well, she was just Crescent. No one would be able to take their eyes off her even if she wasn’t playing it up.
Dominic tapped his foot, waitingfor me to give him the confirmation he needed to jack up the prices for our show.
“As it turns out, my scent match—” I lingered on the word. Dominic wasn’t noticeably surprised by the information. “Isn't... experienced.”
His smile widened, his eyes darting between mine. “At all?”
“At all.”
“Well then. Looks like it was valuable information, after all. You’ll get your chance at appeal.”
It might be, but before we reaped the benefits, there were morehurdles to clear.
I had to explain it all to Crescent.
CRESCENT
We were in the bathroom, and one of the Redgrave alphas was outside, guarding. I wasn’t sure how long we’d been here, but I could feel all my alphas’ stress through the bond.
“What's happening?” I asked, trying to keep the quiver from my voice.
“This is my fault,” Sin said. “I didn't know…” He rubbed his face. “I'm a performer. To keep the packsafe, I'vebuilt a... reputation. Sometimes packs like to throw their omega in a cage with me so they can watch…” He winced.
Watch?
My lips parted.
My mind raced through everything I knew about alphas. I had seen the viciousness of the ones down here.
“They want you to... fight me?”
For entertainment?
Sin’s lips parted, and I saw surprise cross his features. “No. That's not what I mean.”
Oh, thank god. He was really muscular, and I'd never been taught how to fight. “Then...?”
“Oh, sweet omega, they want to watch me fuck you.”
“What?” The word came out as a squeak, my mind going blank.
They... what?
“That’s… sort of what I do.Used to, you know…”He shook his head, not meeting my eyes for a moment. “Bang theother packs’ omegasfor favours…”
Favours?
But that was completely sinful...
And I... “I've never…”
“I know.”
Okay. Well…
I mean, I had been dreaming of them, though this wasn’t exactly the way I’d pictured it. But it was… good, to a degree.
It was making me really stressed out that none of them hadwantedme yet.