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“No.”
“If Cade finds her, he’ll mate her first.”
“I don’t care.”
“Or worse, the Crimson Order.”
I tried to ignore his comment and balled my hand into a tight fist. Why should I care anyway? I was planning on rejecting Ember the next time that I saw her. I would be forced to mate with Linda, whether I wanted to or not.
Because I cared about my pack’s survival more than my own pleasure.
My body continued to heat up, my claws lengthening without my control. And my senses? They were heightening without me even shifting into my wolf. I twisted onto my side, feeling my canines stretch past my lips.
What is this? Why am I turning now?
“Mate is going through heat,” my wolf said. “Need to find her. Need to save her. Need her. Now. Need her now. Need to mate her now. Her body is too hot for her. She needs our help. She wants our help. Can’t let anyone else have—”
Before he could finish his thought, I was out of bed, heading straight for the window and going out of my fucking mind. I knew I should stay and rest. I knew I’d told Cade and Hazel that I wasn’t interested in finding her.
But I couldn’t stop myself. I had no control, and neither did my wolf.
After opening the window, I leaped out of the second floor and landed in the backyard with a thud. I didn’t know where Ember was. I didn’t know who had taken her. I didn’t—no, couldn’t—want her the way my wolf did.
But, fuck, I wasn’t going to let anyone else have her either.
Even if we never mated, even if I was still planning on rejecting her, Ember was mine.
All mine.
And nobody was going to take what belonged to me.
Chapter Forty-Four
Ember
“It’s so hot,” I whimpered, my eyes slowly blinking open. “So, so hot!”
After throwing the blankets off my body, I tore off my clothes, lying in a puddle of my own sweat in the middle of a bed. A thin layer of wetness covered every inch of my skin, and I … I felt like everything was on fire. From my fingers to my belly to my toes … I was burning alive.
My chest rose and fell quickly with every pant, and I did the only thing that felt natural and plunged my fingers between my thighs, immediately finding my clit. A low, breathy whimper left my lips, and I dropped my head onto the pillow and arched my back.
“Oh God,” I whispered, rubbing my pussy.
The heat didn’t stop, but … at least this cooled me off a bit. Though … what would really help me was someone deep inside me. Thrusting in and out. Their huge cock filling up my tight little pussy. Teeth sinking into my neck.
Pleasure crashed through my body, and I shivered.
Fuck, I need that. I need someone’s teeth inside me.
While I didn’t know why I wanted it or how I knew it’d stop all this pain, I just knew it would. I just … I just could feel it, deep inside me. Marks on either side of my neck. Climbing up the column of my throat.
Sinking deeper and deeper and deeper and—
Oh God!
My fingers moved even faster, the pressure rising inside my core. I curled my toes and cried out in pleasure, the heat disappearing for a mere moment as the orgasm rushed through me. Just as quickly as it had disappeared, it reappeared, but stronger.
Much, much stronger.
