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was a furnace, every inch of skin ablaze, but the core of it-the un

anded an alpha's knot to subside. Without it, the pain built like pressure in a sealed vessel, threaten

o tantalize my senses but utterly out of reach. It amplified everything: the throbbing ache between my

It turned into torture, like salt in an open wound, making my nerves scream for contact that never came. Every bre

specially, after years of dodging them could be three days of this hell, or seven, or more if s

y aching pussy, couldn't rub my swollen clit to chase a fleeting release. All I could manage was squeezing my thighs together, clenching hard in a desperate bid

e fabric sticking to my ass and thighs like a second, mocking layer. Tears poured down my ch

wallow me whole, end this endless cycle of need

h-tall and imposing, his muscular frame clad in a fitted shirt that hugged his chest, his dark hair slightly disheveled

r me anew, stronger with his presence, wrapping around me like chains. My body reacted instantly, pussy clenching hard,

e the cruel monster everyone warned about alphas: heartless tyrants who reveled in control, breaking omegas for sport. The stories were true. Alphas were beasts, and Elia

ittle glass. "I'll do anything. Anything you ask. Just he

t a weapon, sharp and derisive. He stopped at the edge of the bed, towering over me, arms crossed as he raked his gaze over my

ef. "Look at you, Naomi. Writhing like a bitch in heat-oh wait, that's exactly what you are. Begging so prettily now. But tell

these years? But a desperate thought flickered: What if saying yes made him let me go? Maybe he'd discard me as tainted

tears blurring his

pricking my skin, thousands of them, burrowing into every pore. I screamed, the sound ripping from my lungs as the pain amplified tenfold, my body

lias, n

humb pressing into the pulse point where my heart hammered wildly. The contact should have soothed-alpha touch on omega skin but his co

why deny it the first time? Why spread your legs for me that night, moaning like a whore under me? Not only

y core spiked with his anger, waves crashing through me,

ast through the damp shirt, sending unwanted shivers through me. "I was thinking about letting you go after a bit more torment. Let you crawl back

shook my head frantically. The heat raged on, amplified by his proximity, my body s

hove, stepping back, but his s

I'll relieve this pathetic heat of yours-knot you until you can't think straight. And then? I'l

ring at my clothes with savage efficiency. Fabric ripped under his strength, my shirt shredded, pants yanked down and discarded. He didn't stop until I was completely naked, exposed to the cool

y heat against my bare skin was a torturous tease-relief flickering at the edges of the pain, but his cold de

ty bathtub, my legs folding weakly beneath me. I slumped against the porcelain, shivering, slick smearing on the surface

heard his voice in the outer room, barking orders: "Change the sheets

lls. The pain lingered, a dull roar now that his pheromones had

act? What