Pouty lips, soft features, the chaos of her white hair falling in waves around her. Her baggy clothes nearly swallowed her whole, but with my arm around her I could feel the curve of her waist and hips.
I was leaning in before I thought better of it, giving in to my instincts.
My lips brushed hers and she gasped. Velvet rose and cocoa perfumed our cell, creating a haze of her arousal. All my effortsto keep my cock from hardening were lost in an instant, and I growled as the edges of my vision bled black.
Omega.
Mine.
She didn’t try to retreat, her small hand reaching up to clutch at my shoulder. I pressed closer, tongue flicking out to taste her, and she whined deep in her chest.
Fuck. Me.
Maybe this would help tide me over until we’d gotten through the appeal.
And even if it didn’t… I was desperate for her after watching her in that cage with Sin.
I lowered her down to her back on the bed, deepening our kiss.
28
SIN
I hated being stuck in our own wing, but it was good to be surrounded by allies.
The Emerald pack had found a checkerboard to borrow, setting it up in the hall out front of our cell, and Phantom was playing against Justin. Vandle was boxing with some of the Wakefield alphas. I had been too, but now I wanted to shower off my sweat and do something else.
I shoved the door to our cell open, immediately hit with a wave of velvet rose and cocoa, twirling and twining with Karma’s scent. My cock went rock hard and I slammed the door behind me when I caught sight of both of them on the bed.
Their scents were strong, but I didn’t think anyone else had caught a whiff—that meant I could experience this view all to myself.
Crescent’s clothes were dishevelled, the collar of her sweater skewed to one side and the fabric shoved up to expose the smooth, pale skin of her stomach. Karma hovered over her, shirtless, his pants slung low on his hips, their lips a breath apart. The muscles bunched and tensed in his back—probably from the effort of holding back.
“Crescent?” I asked. “Are you alright?”
She looked pleased, but Karma could be a bit much.
Her cheeks were stained pink, her gold eyes wide as she swung her attention to me. “Fine!” she squeaked.
Karma growled when I got too close, but I put my hand on his shoulder and hauled him back off her. Yeah, I’d had her already, but could he really stop me from claiming a quick kiss from my omega?
He tried to scramble back up, his eyes dark with the feral energy he always had, but I glared. “Stay!” I snapped.
The command felt potent, like it had to be listened to, and kept the air taut between us
I felt oddly powerful, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on why.
Karma froze, but his muscles flexed like he wanted to move. His growl rumbled deeper and more feral, his fingers twitching toward Crescent. She sat up on the bed, readjusting her sweater to cover the expanse of skin.
“Crescent, come,” Karma commanded in a snarl.
Her feet touched the floor in seconds, and she made it two steps before I grabbed her arm and stopped her. His order had potency too, and I knew what it had to be. He’d used the dark bond to order her around, and my mind became a dark cloud.
They dark bonded her to keep her safe. Not so they could use her pretty body at their fucking whim to keep their feral instincts in check.
I wouldn’t let that happen.
“Let her go,” I growled, holding our omega back from going to him.
