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passes.”
    “O-okay,” she replied.
    Crux moved to the bed and ripped the covers off, opening the front door and shaking them swiftly.  Dust flew off them.  Sterling didn’t think anyone had been inside the cabin for months.  Crux fixed the covers on the bed again, smoothing the top with nervous hands.  Sterling knew that Crux was feeling the strong desire to mate with Sydney, because he was feeling it himself.  But this wasn’t a normal situation.  They hadn’t met her for a date, they had rescued her from whatever hell she’d been trapped in for who knew how long.  Their mate needed time, and they would give it to her.
    Another wave of heady arousal rolled over him and he groaned, nearly dropping to his knees.  It was definitely going to be a long night.
     
     
     
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 5
     
     
     
     
     
    Sydney clutched the edge of the sink as another stab of desire hit her like the lightning that flashed intermittently outside.  Her body was trembling, her heart racing, and desire wet her thighs.
    When she was in the car with the three men, the desire that had struck her in the bus station had all but disappeared.  But the moment they left her standing alone in the cabin while they checked it over, the desire had come back full-force.  And then when they had surrounded her at the window again, it hadn’t gone away but had started to get worse.  Little pains stabbed at her insides while heat filled her body and desire coiled in her stomach.  Her nipples ached and her clit throbbed.  In all the times that Byron had drugged her, she’d never felt quite like this.  She wondered what exactly had been in the clear fluid he had injected her with.
    He’d told her that she would be begging for his cock later.  In a moment of clarity she wondered if he’d managed to somehow drug her into a mating heat.  If the drugs had made her body ready to mate, then the pain would only continue to grow until she went crazy from it.  Unless she sated her body.
    Another wave of desire poured over her and her knees went weak, but she managed to stay upright by clutching tightly to the sink.  She heard heavy footsteps and her first instinct was fear, immediately picturing Byron furious at her for escaping.
    The knock wasn’t the violent pounding that Byron would have done, but a gentle rhythm followed by Orion’s voice, asking if she was okay.  Just the sound of his voice ramped up her feelings and made her long to throw open the door and fall into his arms.
    She told Orion that she was fine, when she was anything but.  Desire hit her again; spots formed before her eyes, and she felt light-headed.  She didn’t know the three men in the cabin at all, but there was something about them that told her they wouldn’t hurt her.  The problem that lay before her now was that she didn’t think she could get through the night on her own.  Her blood felt like it was on fire, her stomach was tense, and her body ached for pleasure.
    She couldn’t hide in the bathroom all night.  Just thinking about the three men made her heart go haywire.  They had such kind eyes.  And they were so big; especially Sterling, who was the biggest of the three.  She didn’t think she could get her hands around one of his biceps, they were so large.  They were gentlemen, that was clear.  They would never hit a woman in anger or for fun.  Tears burned in her eyes.  She’d never known real tenderness, real compassion.  On the other side of the door were three men that had come to help her.  And she’d never needed help more than she did at this moment.
    Opening the bathroom door, she took in a breath and swooned as the scent of them crashed over her like a tidal wave.  Strong hands prevented her from hitting the ground, and in a blur of speed she was seated on the bed, the three men standing anxiously in front of her.  Crux raced to the kitchen and pumped water into the sink, pulling off his shirt and soaking