a

, familiar, safe. His head rested on my chest, his long, luscious hair spilling over my bare skin l

rd lately," Reed murmured suddenly, h

is hair. The motion was automatic, something I'

his tone laced with curiosity. "She's been distant, like she's t

ain, but I wasn't really listening. My thought

be

marked her. Since I'd lost control and ruined everything.

like I was trying to sever it completely. I didn't want to feel her. I didn't want to hear her voice

her. A faint hum in the back of my mind, a constant reminder that she

r. We were bonded now, and nothing could undo that. No pretending could

her. Hell, I ne

ark. I wanted to despise her freckles, scattered across her pale skin like stars. I want

ng, intoxicating. It clung to my skin, my clo

art was the sou

godde

erate, utterly intoxicating. I could see her lips parted and trembling, the way they'd looked when she was lost beneath me. Her body writhing, her skin flushed, h

knotted her and sunk my fangs into h

d desperate, taking in every drop of my seed like it was what she'd been

ed under my breath, drag

stomach, spreading through me like fire, and no matter how hard I tried to will it aw

I'd gotten hard to the mere thought of her thi

. You can't even sit here without thinking about

to admit. I hated him for saying it

" I wh

from my chest. "Rayne? What's wrong?" He a

sion shifted. A grin spread across his face, wide and teasing, and he tilted his head. "Well, well," he

d, d

ugh. "You haven't been in the mood, but now..." He gestured toward the unmistakable b

will the heat to fade. But my wolf

snarled. 'She's our mate,

y reaching for my belt. "I've missed this," he murmured, his voic

ind. 'Stop him, Rayne. You know what will happen if you go th

e. I already knew. Amber woul

two weeks. You haven't spoken to her, haven't checked on her.

ng. Amber hadn't asked for this bond. She hadn

moving to unzip my pants. I gr

I said, my v

ion flickering in his br

t. 'You're bonded, Rayne. Amber is our mate. How can y

htly on Reed's wrists. My wolf's words struck ag

ed, loosening my grip bu

s softer now, laced with

. "I just... I can't," I said fina

y not? You're hard," he said, his tone al

returned quickly. "

to gauge whether or not I was telling the truth.

murmured, avo

softly, though his tone was reluctant. "But if you really don't want us to fuck..." He glanced down, a sly

ants, pulling them and my boxers down. The air hit me, cool against heated skin.

my teeth. His mouth replaced his hand, enveloping me in heat, tongue sw

white, eyes closing as the wa

ed. The person I lov

bond hummed faintly, a cruel reminder that Amber still existed, stil

Amber's name as Reed took me deeper. His throat worked around m

Reed. I

n't

mory, sweet and suffocating. I clenched my jaw, hating myself as heat coi

ce as he took me all the way down, nos

. I didn't know if

llowing me again and again, and my body tightened. I tried to think of anything el

for it. I hat

f say, but even to my own e

ed, wet and messy now, drool sliding down my length.

lf, chasing it, heat climbi

be

ce, faint but sharp,

I spilled into Reed's mouth. He swallowed around me, taking it,

everything fel

faded. The bond hummed f

n't let her

d for so long and my feelings weren'

ith Amber, no matter what it took. Even if