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k since I moved into m

nce I'd been on my knees in his room, tasting him, l

ince

become

rted hidi

game of avoidance that only an A

hit my windows, and he didn't return until

e to ask about when we would star

ghed, complaining that her "workaholic" fa

sn't drowning in work; he was r

traction. She was fun, loud, and full of life. She mad

e couldn't make me forget,

r

my head. Every time I cl

him... the portable weight of his ass, the sheer, terrifyi

nted

dly it felt like a

d left me

then slammed the door, t

er's best friend, an Omega who h

n't supposed

our entire pack. If the pack members fo

ey would call me a social cli

roy everythin

person who had truly stood by me, and the thought

d to tell myself th

a mistake... a one-time lapse in judgment that

o earth

like a whip, pulling m

living room. Liana wasn't alone. She had called over some of her ric

ee guys and on

asual hangout. She was trying to matchmake. She wanted to fix me up with o

don't know how to swim," I said, feelin

these people, who moved wi

tugging me toward the glass doors. She dragged me along beh

g of its own... a sprawling oasis of bl

s and dove in immediately, their tann

guy linger

al way, and he had spent the las

hen he looked at me, or find ex

use he wasn't attractive, but because my mind

ing about him, I scolded

He took that as an invitation, winking

in. I instinctively crossed my arms over my ches

n!" Liana shouted, treadin

n't the soft, instinctual whisper of my wol

't go in ther

roz

ad somehow learned how to project their voice, but they

em. It's a com

th an authority that made my knees tremble.

wa

up toward the main pack buildin

e he

ouette against the afternoon sky. He was holding

ce, I could feel the w

as h

watch

heat rushed

to fight the overwhelming urge to drop everything, to run away from Liana

he'd been ignoring me, to ask if he'd th

the wate

h! Sp

to see the boy who had been flirting with me laughing. "Come on, gorgeous, we'

e water. "Don't mind her! She's just being stubborn. She'll have no ch

ing. When she decided we were having fun, we

wan's reaction to the boys' attention, but the bre

t alone

ning... tall, poised, and wearing a dress tha

woman an Alpha was s

curved into a seductive smile as she re

casual intimacy that ma

e let

't pull

dn't

s beautiful stranger stake her c

at wa

busy with another woman. Just like Liana had said... he

e'd played with for five minutes before moving on

ite-hot flare of jealousy an

umbled in my head again. He was mind-link

inking. He could see the defi

? I thought, directed

n w