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na because it is ea

complicated, and I tell myself that matters. I tell myself this is what

her. My hands move out of habit, not hunger,

otice

r fingers sliding up my arm, her voice try

usy,"

onger than usual. "Yo

't an

, restless, irritated and pulling my attention somewhere els

sharpens. "Is t

then, too fast

confi

ing back. "You wo

nothing

says. "She carries your child. Yo

s. "Watch wh

my tone, then offended. "I'm

none

y, and I push it down with sheer will because acknowledging it would mean

Brianna's silence, her disappoin

few days

l when they shouldn't. She questions a supply route and I hear defiance instead of logisti

nds brush when passing documents. The bond reacts i

I hate it

ody responds bef

versteppi

my job,"

not your

ave it

ore I realize it.

me Alpha, I'm only here to act as your L

apped and I could see he

what else should I s

inking anymore. My hand closes around her wrist. She gasps, mor

ve let go b

push me away, but to steady herself, and the c

her c

ermission or patience, rough, urgent and driven by need instead of thought. She responds instantly, like

roared th

and nowhere at once. There is no softness in it, no hesitation, only the n

y," She moan

I groaned, kissing her neck, down to her stom

ord," She moane

feels wrong and inevit

that feels too natural, too right. I hate how easily she fits against me, how my body knows e

its way to her swollen

ly hunger and frustration

ooked down at me, biting her lips so hard

even know when she nodded. I only teased her more by not

unish her for how she had been ignoring me, I still didn't want

me and I won't punish

mediately realised what she had said a

only formed a