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“I…” My voice comes out breathy. “You were… up there.”
“And now I’m here.” He steps closer, and his scent wraps all the way around me…night air, snow, and something wild. So much alpha that my knees go weak and my omega whimpers inside my chest.
“Kisha?” Avery’s voice is tiny. “You know this… person?”
I don’t look away from him. I can’t. “No.”
“Yes,” he says at the same time, and his smile gets wider. “She just doesn’t know it yet.”
What does that even mean?
“I’m Nik.” He extends one massive hand. “And you’re mine.”
His words should alarm me. Some random man…thing?…claiming ownership of me? But instead, my pussy clenches, and I have to hold back a fucking moan.
“That’s… that’s not how things work,” I manage.
“Isn’t it?” He tilts his head, studying me. “Your body already knows. I can smell how wet you are, little Red. How much you want me to throw you over my shoulder and carry you to my lair.”
Jessie chokes on her drink. Kaylie whispers, “Holy shit.” Avery might have fainted.
“And you’ve been a very bad girl this year.” His voice drops. “Haven’t you?”
My stomach flips. He can’t know. There’s no way he knows.
I should be scared, but instead, I’m imagining exactly that: him carrying me off, doing unspeakable things to me… And the worst part is I’d let him.
“You can’t just…” I start.
“I’ve waited three hundred years for you, mate.” His voice drops even lower, turning intimate. Just for me. “I can do whatever the fuck I want.”
Three hundred years? My brain tries to process that while my omega screams: Who fucking cares? Climb Shadow Daddy like a tree! Now!!
“I don’t even know you,” I whisper.
He leans, bringing his mouth close to my ear, his breath making me shiver.
“You will.”
It’s a promise, a threat, and everything I never knew I wanted. I’m completely, utterly fucked.
Chapter Five
NIK
She doesn’t protest. This soft little omega, who smells like mine, just puts her hand in mine and follows me.
Fuck. Yes.
I drag her through the club, my shadows going batshit, and I catch the Boogeyman laughing his ass off as we pass him.
The elevator doors close, and I cage her in immediately.
“You smell like sugar and spice.” I lean, breathing her in. “My favorite combination.”
Her eyes go wide. “Excuse me?”
“Following a scary stranger?” I let my real form bleed through a little…shadows darker, eyes glowing more. “That’s some survival instinct you got there, Red.”
