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Nikolai’s eyes flicked open when Angelo’s breathing deepened, a thoughtful look in his eyes. Angelo was like a glass knife, fragile but lethal, Nikolai didn’t mind getting cut but he didn’t want the assassin to shatter.
He always went after what he wanted, no matter what it was or who it belonged to, but he would have to make an exception this time. There was another more important matter that needed to be resolved after all.
He would give Angelo a few weeks to change his mind. The assassin wasn’t like anyone else, he would let him go if he asked for it, because if he didn’t, Angelo would probably keep trying to kill him until one or both of them were dead.
Nikolai closed his eyes, he already knew the outcome. No one chose him, not even his mom had chosen him.
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Lake woke up starfished on the bed, taking up most of the space on the bed. This meant that his sweet mate was curled up at one edge of the bed, the hulking Alpha barely keeping himself from falling.
The sun rose early on the island, so glittering rays of gentle sunlight were already spilling into the room when he opened his eyes, although he was up far earlier than his usual time.
He usually clung to Davian whenever he slept, but it had gotten too uncomfortable to do that recently. He had worn a light shirt to bed because it got cold at night but even that was uncomfortable against his sore nipples, an unmistakable dampness on the shirt as it stuck to his chest.
Lake knew that it was roughly time for him to start producing milk, but he hoped that it would wait till they got back from their vacation so he hadn’t made any preparations. As soon as the first trace of soreness appeared, Doctor Perez had accurately diagnosed what was wrong.
But even though he ordered nipple pads as soon as he could, it would still take a few days to be delivered to the island. There was no shortage of food, beach shirts and trinkets at the village, but nipple pads weren’t in demand, so it was no surprise that they couldn’t find even a single store selling them.
So until the pads came in, he would be stuck changing shirts several times a day and being constantly uncomfortable. Lake was in a sour mood right after waking up because even before his nipples started leaking milk, he hadn’t been down to the village.
He had only been to the village twice, and one of those times was the first day they came to the island and they had driven through. Davian had been generous with the seafood platter, making them just how he liked them, but after three straight days of eating them, Lake lost interest.