Impulsively, he closed the space between them, reached towards Cassius’s face, and kissed him softly. Cass couldn’t understand why Tristan was bei...ng so affectionate all of a sudden, especially after all the things he said to him last time, but he didn’t pull back until Tristan did. He watched the Alpha lie back down on the bed and smile. “You have no idea how amazing this feels.” “I wasn’t aware my lips could do that.” Tristan’s mouth curved upwards in an attractive way. “I wasn’t referring to. Before I knew it, the lunch bell rang and I regrettably made my way out of the classroom and proceeded to sleep walk the rest of the day until school finally ended and I headed back to serve my detention.I drudged into the room and plopped down at my usual table, oblivious to the fact that Mr. Edwards wasn’t the only other person in the room. It took a very aggressive throat clear for me to finally look up and discover the new person. She was my height with an above average body in my opinion,. Tentacles from the floor wrapped around their legs, climbing their way up each of their bodies, until they were totally encased and wrapped in tentacles. Almost as soon as they were completely sealed in, they descended deep into the pod itself, moving among the various connections and larger organisms that connected the individual pods to the center of it all. Pods did not connect with other pods except through here. It was comparable to a human brain, but not exactly.The hybrids moved along. Her eyes widened as she looked in the mirror and saw that he had pulled her blouse and the shoulder straps of her bodice down almost to her elbows, restraining her arms and baring her breasts. As her eyes continued down, she discovered that he had tied her wrists together with a long strip of satin from the sash drawer. ‘What the fuck? You tied me up?’ He held her tighter, deciding it wasn’t safe to release her just yet. He kissed the back of her shoulder as he said, ‘Sorry. I just wanted to be.