He whirls, pulling me into the shadows of a building, his mouth finding mine almost desperately. He slides his hands over my hips, squeezing and kneading until I’m whimpering into his mouth, falling apart.
His tongue strokes across my lips, and I open for him, gasping as his tongue surges into my mouth. One hand comes up to cradle the back of my head, holding us together. He tastes of spice and heat; the faint hint of roses gets stronger. I lean up into him, arching my back so I’m pressed more fully against him.
“I love you, too,” Jarek whispers. “So much that I loved you when I didn’t know that you existed.”
I kiss his jaw, nipping the skin. He spins me around, pulling my cape off and dropping it on the floor. He pulls down my pants and runs his hand between my thighs, pressing where I ache.
“You’re soaked, Omega,” he murmurs and bites the back of my neck. I freeze, shivering and arching my neck to give him more space.
His teeth don’t sink deep, he lets go and then moves to my shoulder and sucks hard. I come up on my toes, his fingers bite into my hip while the others slide inside me. Curling inside me before he pulls them out and presses them back in again.
“I don’t want to lose you anymore,” he whispers. “I don’t want…I just want to be with you.”
It’s the most desperate wish I’ve ever heard.
He sobs, and my head clears, the arousal vanishing like I’ve been doused in water as I realise just how upset he is. I reach for his hand on my hip and pull it up under my top, pressing it over my heart.
“I’m here. I’m alive. We’re together.”
He doesn’t respond to me.
“Can you feel me breathing?” I whisper. “Can you feel my heart pounding? It’s beating for you.”
“Kaida?”
I try to turn, but he tightens his hold on me, slipping his fingers out. He turns me but lifts me up, pressing me against a wall. I stare at him as I lean forward really slowly and kiss him. I try to show him how much he means to me, how much I care. I put everything into that kiss. But most of all, I try to soothe the pain that is burning my alpha alive.
“Make love to me, Alpha,” I whisper against his mouth. “Show me what it can be like between us. Just you and me. Right now. Because I am alive, and so are you, and we’re going to survive. Feel me. Feel how much I want you. How I would do anything for you. You have become something so important to me, and I can’t imagine life without you. So, make me yours. Put your mark on me, and if we have to go, let's burn together.”
“Kaida,” he hums my name out in a soft exhale, then closes the distance.
Our kiss is as soft as the warmth of fire. A tear runs down his cheek, and I pull away to lick it from his skin. I kiss him harder, running my fingers through his hair and down his back.
All around us, all I can hear is the drumming of rain. Our alphas are close; I can feel them. I trust them to protect us. Trust? That’s new for me, but before I can delve into this discovery, I shove it aside. Jarek needs me.
Jarek’s body is different from Cadel’s. Jarek has scars and freckles. He’s got bronzed muscles that flex and ripple under my fingers. I trail soft kisses over his face, gently brushing my thumb over his auburn lashes and kissing the dimple on his cheek.
“I want forever with you, Alpha,” I whisper.
He lets out a moan and reaches between us, brushing his fingers over my clit. I cry out, but he just presses his mouth to my throat and keeps stroking in the slowest, most tender caress.
“I want that, too,” he admits. “I want it so bad, more than anything I’ve ever wanted.”
“Please, knot me, Alpha.”
“Are you sure?”
Am I sure? Yes. About this if nothing else.
“Yes.”
He pulls his fingers from me and reaches for his pants, pushing them down and pulling out his cock. It’s hot and pulses when he presses it against my entrance.
Instead of impaling me on it, he kisses me again, licking across my shoulder and nibbling at my earlobe as he just gently thrusts, rubbing at that sensitive spot until I’m whimpering.
His touch is gentle and almost reverent. I feel important and like I’m something special, like I’m worth everything to this alpha. A giddy joy spreads through me, chased by a recklessness and a feeling that we are untouchable.
He loves me.
