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I turned to see Lydia hurrying toward me, beaming. Close, she enfolded me in a tight embrace as if she hadn't seen me for years. She said, “So glad you made it.”
I wondered where she had come from. I was certain I hadn’t seen her in the room. Unless I had been too nervous, anxious, and most of all, conscious of Jaxon and that intense gaze emanating from within the crowd, that I failed to notice her.
Lydia turned to Jaxon and said, “Oh, hello?” To me, she asked teasingly, “And who’s this?” as she nodded toward Jaxon.
Jaxon chuckled and said, “You must be Lydia.”
Lydia nodded as she offered her hand to him in greeting. “Yes, I am.”
Jaxon took it, brought it to his lips, and gave the back a light kiss. When he released her hand, he said, “Jaxon Sterling.”
“Jaxon,” she said softly. “I see you’re making yourself acquainted with my friend Delcy.”
Jaxon chuckled. “I was asking the lovely Delcy if she’d like to join me and my brother for a drink.” He shifted his gaze to me, an amused smile on his lips.
Lydia turned to me. “Delcy? You didn’t refuse him, did you?”
I tugged my hair behind my ear again, a habit I had when I was nervous, and said, “Well… Actually…”
Turning to Jaxon, Lydia said, “Delcy is a bit shy, but she’s the life of the party once you get to know her.”
The assertion was entirely untrue. It was baffling to me why Lydia would say that. I was never the life of any party. At a party, if I happened to be invited to one, I was always the wallflower.
“Is she now?” Jaxon said.
To me, Lydia said, “Why don’t we join Jaxon and his brother for a drink or two? It’s going to be so much fun.”
I shifted my gaze from Lydia to Jaxon, and I noted Jaxon watching me carefully, waiting for my response.
Not wanting to ruin the night for Lydia, since she looked so eager, I finally nodded. “Why not.”
“Great,” Jaxon said, and he extended his hand to me for the second time.
I stared at it for a moment, and feeling that powerful, unreasonable urge to simply obey his silent command again, I hesitantly placed mine in it.
Jaxon closed his fingers around my hand, preventing me from escaping his clutch, and I suddenly felt as if I were ensnared.
His gaze sparkled as he lifted my hand, and the instant I felt his lips against my flesh, torrents of scorching sensation surged through me like an all-consuming blaze.
I found myself momentarily out of breath as I attempted to control the intense reaction I had toward him, but it appeared to be in vain. My limbs felt as though they were made of jelly. To make matters worse, my entire body felt scorching and feeble as if it were about to crumble to the ground and surrender to...
To what? To be ravished?
When Jaxson finally released my hand and guided Lydia and me toward the opposite end of the room, a small voice in the back of my mind urged me to flee. But I knew it was too late.
Whatever happened now, it was too late the instant my eyes locked with another pair of sapphire-blue ones that were currently observing me intently. I realized then this was the stare I felt, the one that unnerved me.
The reactions I felt for Jaxon were intense, but they paled in comparison to the overwhelming feelings evoked by this man who was undoubtedly Jaxon's twin brother.
His penetrating gaze elicited desires I never knew I possessed. My limbs grew feeble, while a scorching heat kindled somewhere deep inside me, already blazing with... cravings.
Alpha.
This man was an alpha, exuding an air of dominance, a male who possessed an irresistible allure over others. I knew he knew I was attracted to him in that inexplicably powerful way—the way only an omega was attracted to an alpha, the one that meant to turn your world upside down.
A dark smile spread across his lips, which ignited my pulse.
When Jaxon said, “Ladies, meet my twin brother, Colton Sterling,” I drew in a shaky breath, and I knew that my world was never going to be the same again.
