Seeking my almost-naked fuming omega was a perfect distraction from the blood and horror that I knew Sin wanted me to forget.
As I searched through the winding gardens, it was so obvious that what I knew about Camille was a lie all along. Even that glimpse of the chaos of her room just proved to me I knew nothing about her. I’d been trapped in that idea of her, and I couldn’t listen to her when she told me it had to end. What happened to her was still my fault. I’d broken Camille. But there was also an omega out there who scent matched with us so furiously that I couldn’t escape her even when she rejected us.
It wasn’t Kai’s bond that made me sense Mel.
It was the pure anger in her aura that was as messed up as mine. It was fucking annoying the way my heart settled when I saw her silhouette through an opening in the bushes. And how it clenched when I caught her pacing with murder in her eyes, looking so small and strong at the same time.
Kai and Sin had filled me up with their auras, but I needed all three of them to keep me grounded.
It was exactly like Sin said. If Mum was willing to send the Hiscoxes to assault Camille in her sleep, how far would she go to get rid of Mel?
I sighed when Mel turned around and met me with her fury.
She looked like fucking Amazon warrior ready for battle. Mascara streamed over her nose, and smudged lips stained like blood. Mix that with the fucking rage seeping out of her snapped aura, and she was a recipe for disaster.
My favourite kind of food.
And now I held her, so fucking weak I thought I was going to die if I didn’t absorb her scent.
My alpha instincts took over, and the magic words washed over me like a fucking tonic to my family’s toxic lies.
“Bite me, Caspian,” she repeated. A mix of a purr and whine fell from her as I let her wrap her fingers around my upper arms. “You’re the reason I’m here. So do something about it. Show Zania this isn’t over.”
Suddenly, my ears were buzzing, and I groaned again as she bit at my earlobe with her teeth.
Because nothing would piss Mum off more than walking into the restaurant with open bites and my omega dripping with slick.
But this could be the final step. I’d been convinced Mel was here to trick us for so long; what if biting her was the way she completed her attack?
People already had their hackles up around us because of Mel’s background.
My fingers curved close to her pussy as I lifted my other hand to stroke her neck with a single finger.
She shuddered, meeting me with her need. It wafted out in her scent and the movements of her body. The only thing that wasn’t saying ‘fuck me’ were her words. Everything else was screaming it.
“Are you sure about this?” I asked with a low growl, pressing my fingertips over a spot I liked.
Kai had pretty much claimed her entire body, but there was space up by her ear, nice and high, so no one could miss it.
“I’m the one who suggested it, aren’t I?” she bit back, the fury in her eyes more violent than before.
“You can’t get away from me if I do this.” And I didn’t want her to. With brandy fresh in my mouth, I was drunk on her already. I hated and loved how much I needed her.
Her chest heaved as her fingers dug into me. If I weren’t wearing a fucking suit Sin had shoved me into, she could scratch me like she’d done to Kai. I could still feel the marks she’d left on his back through the bond.
“Who said anything about getting away?” she asked in a sultry voice that nearly brought me to my knees.
Fuck, she was hot. She was so fucking hot under me, all panting and confident and looking up at me like she loathed me.
And I wanted it. I wanted her anger winding its way inside me so I knew I wasn’t the only one who felt like this.
Kai and Sin treated her like a lover, but I knew who she was. I knew what she really wanted.
“Lift your fucking legs and give me your pussy,” I growled. One harsh tug ripped away her thong. “I’m not having anything stopping my dick. My omega’s going to be wide open for me.”
I chucked her dress away as a stuttered breath dropped from her, and her desire pounded from her.
“That’s what you like, isn’t it? You like it when I call you mine,” I growled as I swooped down, taking her in another kiss as I quickly undid my trousers, pulling them over my ass.
