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Kai's eyes traveled over them slowly. Their limbs, tangled. Their leaves covered hot bodies rising and falling with steady breaths. Each one had laughed with him, fought beside him, and gave loyalty to him. They were warriors. Loyal. Brave. And tonight, utterly vulnerable.
And yet…
There was desire.
He felt it pulsing through his veins, slow and molten, like magma beneath old rock. It wasn't just lust. It was the undeniable truth that these women wanted him— deeply, honestly, stupidly. They'd discarded armor and pride to lay on his bed, exposing the soft body. Kai wasn't expecting that so soon. Yesterday he slept with Akayoroi but that wasn't enough. He had to give up because her body can't take it anymore. Now these women are making him hungry for more.
He'd tried to restrain his anaconda. "Don't wake up. Sleep now. I need to be in my best condition for the journey." He thinks it by holding his crutch. Trying to calm his big anaconda.
