[Felicia's POV]
I thought it was the end when that Gold Rank Beastfolk released his aura next to the commander. My legs gave out, and I fell to my knees in the middle of the battlefield.
In the end, everything turned out fine, but I still hadn't recovered.
The other girls hadn't noticed anything, they didn't have the same sharp senses we did. The commander asked me not to say anything, but the truth is, we were very close to death.
If that monster had come to attack us, we would've been done for.
Unlike the commander, I was still young and had time to reach a high Rank naturally.
That's why I'd never even considered using an Alpha to speed up my evolution. But the powerlessness I felt today… It changed my mind.
If Luna accepted the proposal I had for her, I'd follow in the commander's footsteps and use Mr. Matthew to evolve.
"You've been bold lately. I like it," Luna said, lathering my back with soap.
I had invited her to bathe with me because I wanted some privacy to talk. Blood, sweat, and mud from the battlefield ran down our bodies.
Normally, this wouldn't be a sensual scene, but Luna's delicate hands spreading soap over my skin could turn even the macabre into something strangely hot.
"You know that's the effect of living under an Alpha's influence."
Luna didn't stop at my back; her hands wandered further, spreading soap over other parts of my body.
The strong smell of iron, dried blood on my skin, was gradually replaced by the soft fragrance of soap.
Her gentle touch made me forget the sting of minor wounds and bruises left by the fight.
My exhaustion gave way to an intoxicating pleasure.
Desire and lust began to spread through me like an uncontrollable flame.
"I could get used to this," she whispered in my ear. "I like how insatiable you've become."
The air between us was growing heavy with heat.
I didn't know how I could live without it anymore.
What had started as a simple game between friends had become an addiction, one I had no intention of controlling.
I wasn't sure if this was caused by the pheromones Matthew kept releasing, or if those pheromones had merely awakened something that was already there.
But I couldn't imagine my life without Luna's touch anymore.
"You know that if I stay close to him, it'll be inevitable. I'll end up sleeping with him."
She pushed me against the wall, her warm body pressing against my back. Her lips found my neck as her hands kept teasing.
The hot shower water poured down our bodies, steam rising all around us.
It felt like that water washed away our lust, only to vaporize it back into the air,
creating a dense mist designed to make us lose ourselves in desire.
My breathing grew more ragged.
"Would you be willing to share me with Mr. Matthew?" I asked.
She didn't answer right away.
Her hands kept caressing me, firmer now, as if taken by an uncontrollable need to possess me. The air grew so hot I had trouble breathing, but I loved it.
Every bit of that heat that wrapped around my body was welcome.
"If I'm part of it," she finally said, softly, almost like she was ashamed to admit how much the idea turned her on.
It was like speaking it aloud had triggered her imagination.
Like she could clearly see a scene where the three of us shared a moment of pleasure as intense as what we felt right then.
Matthew was a sensual and seductive man.
The idea of being in bed with him and Luna, and maybe even Lilian and the commander, wasn't bad at all.
What bothered me was the idea of needing a man to evolve. But I'd only be using him, just as he'd be using me.
My true relationship would be with Luna. He'd just be a bonus, a welcome one, but nothing more.
I'd made my decision.
And Luna seemed ready to do the same.
She had dominated me for too long, it was time for me to take control. I turned her to face me, pressing her against the wall.
I loved how flushed she got when she was aroused.
Looking at her stunning body, I wanted to taste every part of her, all at once, in every way possible. But first, I had a proposal to make.
I knelt before her and took her hand, a classic position for someone about to propose marriage.
"Luna of the Moon Elf Clan, will you become Mr. Matthew's concubine alongside me?"
She looked into my eyes, biting her lip.
"Yes. I agree to become his concubine with you."
I even kissed her hand after she answered, but it wasn't her hand I truly wanted to kiss.
The kiss that would seal our bond would be given elsewhere, far more daring than a mere hand.
The moment my lips touched her skin, she grabbed my hair, her body growing hotter, hotter than the water still pouring over us.
She had to muffle her moans.
If she didn't, everyone would hear what we were up to. And while I didn't exactly want the others to know, her desperate struggle to stay quiet was too exciting for me to stop teasing her.
My goal was to make her lose control.
Of course, the only problem was that in a few minutes, we'd be switching places, and she'd be hell-bent on getting revenge.
I wasn't sure if that worried me… or turned me on even more.
I don't know how long we stayed in that shower. It wasn't our first time, and it certainly wouldn't be the last.
But I think it was the first time all our feelings were completely out in the open.
I was excited, burning with anticipation for everything that was about to happen. And yet… I couldn't shake the anxiety.
The decision had been made, but I didn't want to waste any more time.
I wanted to feel my body crushed between Matthew and Luna's.