Thold my broth as Orion called
out of the car
me again, the bire body was stiff, bracing for whatever was to come. I expected the worst. I expected him to drag me
and Bakh what he had started
Instead, Ais voce was cold and died when he spoke
For a moment, I thought Adighed it. My ears must have been playing tricks on me. He couldn’t mean-
“Did you hear me, gilt Orion’s roce nos sharp row, laced with irritation. I said, leave!”
My heart pounded
I didn’t wait to question it or hesitate for even a second. I bolted toward the door and stepped out of his apartment.
The moment I reached the hallway, I grabbed my chest, sucking in deep, shaky breaths. My hands wouldn’t stop trembling.
What just happened?
He let me go.
Orion was cruel. He would never let his prey escape because let’s face it, that was what I was
My mind raced, and then the truth dawned on me.
It was the Alphas
Damien. Declan. Their presence alone had forced Orion’s hand.
They had saved me. Again.
1 pressed my fingers to my lips, my chest tightening. But why? They knew I was in that room. I was sure of it. And yet, they didn’t acknowledge me, didn’t
claim to protect me.
Instead, they had issued a warning to keep Orion in check. A bitter laugh escaped me.
They were complicated Impossible to understand.
Why go through the trouble of keeping me alive if they didn’t care?
Shaking my head, I forced my feet to move, rushing back to my assigned room. My stomach twisted painfully, reminding me that I was hungry. But Melanie wasn’t here, and without her, I had no way to get food. No one in the place cared enough to feed me.
1 curled on my small bed, willing myself to sleep despite the gnawing emptiness in my stomach.
It didn’t come.
Not for a long, long time.
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My body sebut hun gehuetlan and hangar, and my thoughts were sein & maks frein the night before,
1 barely had time to process before the dam to my room creaked open.
A mapped inside, her expression unreadable. “Alpha Damon is calling for you.”
My stomach dropped.
Alpha Damont
My puber quickened. Goddess, what now?
Alpha Damien had warned me strictly that his brothers should never notice me.
So why was one of the brothers in question summoning me now?
followed the maid in silence, terribly hungry and tired of all this mess. First Damien, then Orion, now Damon? Could a girl not get a moment of peace?
I walked into Alpha Damon’s wing on the east side of the palace and immediately got assailed with the smell of sex in the air.
Two women were draped over the lavish furniture in the sitting area, their bare legs on display, their lips swollen from obvious kisses. The scent of sex was thick in the ait, and, worse, the scent of my mate was on them.
A sharp, burning rage flared inside me.
Mine.
Starlight screamed in my mind, jealousy eating at my sides.
Why them? Why not me?
The thought hit me before I could stop it, and I nearly gasped aloud.
No. No, no, no.
I didn’t care. I shouldn’t care.
One of the women, a dark–haired beauty, glanced at me lazily, then smirked.
“Well, well,” she purred. “What do we have here?”
Her friend, a redhead with wicked green eyes, gave me a once–over before scoffing.
“Don’t tell me you came here to seduce our Alpha,” she sneered.
Anger flared inside me.
Yours? He is mine, you bitch!
I bit the inside of my cheek to stop myself from snapping. I had no claim over Damon. I had no right to feel this possessive, this furious.
Yet I did.
Before I could respond, a door creaked open and we all turned just as he entered.
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Mis dark hair was tousled. He looked as cruelly beautiful as ever. His gaze flicked toward me, sharp and assessing, before shifting to the two women.
“Leave,” he ordered lazily.
The women immediately pouted. “But Alpha”
*l said love.”
They stiffened, then shot me venomous glares before slipping past me,
And just like that, I was alone with him. Damon leaned casually against the doorframe, studying me with that infuriating smirk of his.
“You’re jealous.”
I stiffened. “What?”
His smirk widened. “Don’t lie, little maid.” He stepped closer, his presence overwhelming. His scent, goddess, I can smell him. He was so delicious. “I can feel your jealousy. And you know what else?” His voice dropped, dark and sinful. “I can feel how your jealousy makes you lust after me.”
A sharp breath escaped me.
“No, I don’t-”
“Liar.” His fingers ghosted over my arm, and heat shot through me, pooling low in my stomach. My thighs clenched together, my pussy getting incredibly wet. “Right now, you’re burning for me, aren’t you? You want me to bend you over and fuck you until you forget every thought in that stubborn little head of yours.”
My knees nearly buckled. Goddess, why was he doing this to me?
1 hated it. Hated how right he was.
His voice dropped even lower, like silk against my skin. “I’m the Alpha of Lust, Bethany. It’s my curse. I can make you want me so badly you’ll beg for my touch. You’ll plead for me to take you. You’ll beg for my cock and scream as I give you all the pleasure in the world.”
I gasped, my eyes snapping up to him.
Curse?
He cursed under his breath, running a hand through his hair. “Fuck,” he muttered. “I can’t believe I just told you that.”
My mind swam with questions, but before I could process them, he smirked again, except this time, there was something dangerously sexy about it.
His gaze raked over me, running over my heaving breasts as they pushed against my clothes, begging to be free.
“You’re more turned on than I thought,” he murmured, almost amused. “It’s affecting my curse.” His fingers grazed my wrist and he pulled me close, sending shivers down my spine. “My lust wants to feed on you. I ache to taste you.”
His words sent a delicious shudder through me, and then he whispered something that made my blood run cold.
“You truly are our doom.”
I didn’t have time to process what he meant before his hands grabbed me, spinning me around. My back hit the wall, and his mouth crashed against
mine.
I gasped, my body igniting like fire.
I had been kissed before by my ex–boyfriend, and it was just so.
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But this?
This was consuming.
Damon didn’t just kiss. He devoured it.
His lips were demanding, his tongue sweeping into my mouth like he owned it. And the worst part? I wanted him to.
I felt myself melting, my body arching into him, Starlight practically begging to let him claim us, to let us lose our virginity right here, right now.
But…
No.
No, no, no.
I wanted more.
I wanted something deeper, something more than just lust.
I forced my hands between us, pushing at his chest.
“Please, don’t.”
Damon’s body still.
For a long, breathless moment, he just stared at me, his pupils blown wide, his breath ragged.
“You think I’ll stop?” His voice was low, almost a growl.
I swallowed hard.
Could this man–this Alpha of Lust–ever stop?
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