Brenna trembled when I set her down on the dais. “Are ye all right, lass?” Yes. Her hands fluttered. Need. You. Now. Samuel bounded into the chamber, looking younger and more carefree than I’d seen him in a long time. “I can smell her,” he said, his eyes swimming with gold. His beast was close to the surface, I could smell it, but it did not seem angry. “Brenna,” the big Alpha choked out. “You’re in heat.” He came to stand before her on the dais, running his hand down her breasts to her cunny. She pressed into his touch, her eyes fluttering. “Your heat calls to us. It is intoxicating.” He pressed his face to her stomach through the gown, looking like a supplicant before a queen. “I will do whatever you ask.” She looked thoughtful, then a wicked smile crossed her face and she pointed

