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Walking through the bushes, I was ready to nab her if she ran by me. Yet she surprised me. She had started to climb up the rocks.
I darted forward and grabbed her around the waist, pulling her off. A rush went through me at catching the sexy Omega. Callista kicked and let out a shout. “Put me down!”
“I can’t let you climb up there, angel.” I held her tight as she continued to try to get away. There was no way I was going to allow her to hurt herself. Her body was hot against mine, and soft yet firm in all the right places. “There’s only more rocks and a deadly fall into the ocean.”
Callista stopped struggling and sagged, wiping her eyes. “Let me go.” The emotion in her voice wrapped around my heart and squeezed. “Just leave me alone.”
“Not going to do it.” I eased my hold a little to turn her and press her head against my chest. I was tall enough that I could rest my chin on the top of her head, fitting her perfectly against me. “I know you heard us talking. How much did you hear?”
Her body stiffened but then went slack after a few trembling breaths. “My father is awful. I never thought he loved me, but I didn’t think he would place me in the line of fire.” She sucked back a sob. “He doesn’t care if I live or die.”
I rubbed her back wishing I could take away all her pain. My instinct to smash her father’s face in wouldn’t do anyone any favors. The warmth of her surrounded me and I pressed my cheek against her mussed hair. “Anyone who mistreats someone as precious as you is a fuckhead in my books.”
“And there’s nothing I can do about it.” Callista sniffled and wiped away more tears. “He’s my father. I have to do what he says. And he wants me to marry Carson who treats me just as badly, except he’s going to want to share a bed.” She shuddered and buried her face against my chest.
Now Grant’s was a face that needed punched in. Several times. I hated that asshole, and I didn’t give a shit if anyone knew, even if Talis fired me. Callista was way too good for Grant. What made me want to hit the fucker even more was the thought of him even touching Callista. When he kissed her hand at the hospital, I had to fight the urge to break every bone in his arm. Of course the fuck noticed my reaction and flaunted his control over her just to piss me off.
“You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do. It’s your life, angel. Live it the way you want.” I held her as she let the tears flow. How anyone didn’t want to worship this beauty, I didn’t know. She was emotionally stripped bare before me, and she was the most gorgeous thing I’d ever seen.
There had been other women in my life. I tried with a few of them to make a serious go of it, but they said I worked too much, I was gone too much, that I was pig-headed, selfish, and stupid. And maybe I was. But holding Callista like this, I wanted to be better.
“I don’t have a choice. I’m a Birk. My life was always my family’s.” She made a little hiccup noise, even as her tears started to dry up. “I don’t even know what I’d do if I could choose.”
That feeling I knew all too well. It rang through the depths of my soul. That was how I once saw my life, and I so wanted her to realize that only she could say what path she chose.
I tipped back her head and gently brushed the strands of hair back from her face. “You find out then. You live your life and discover what you want without all that shitty pressure.” I wasn’t going to tell her it would be all sunshine and roses, but getting away from her family sounded exactly what she needed. The least I could do was give her a little ray of hope. “I came from a military family. Everyone served and I did too. Always told to do more, do better, and I was damn good at what I did.
“But I wasn’t happy. The whole system was stifling. I felt like I couldn’t breathe at times, that I didn’t truly fit in. Then I met Talis and Levi. They both excelled too, but just didn’t fit right. So when Talis started his company and asked me to be a part of it, I jumped at the chance. My family told me I was stupid to throw away my military career and haven’t talked to me since.” I held her wide-eyed gaze. “I miss them, but this is my life. Your life is yours, angel. No one else gets to say how you live it, and fuck them if they do.”
Callista continued to stare at me. Her hands rested on my chest and my heart beat a little faster. “Brave and wise. I wish I could be like you.”
I cupped her face with both my hands, needing her to feel how earnest I was. “You’re braver than you think.”
Her lips parted just slightly, so full and supple. Fuck, I wanted to kiss her. I wouldn’t make her decisions for her, but I could make her forget the rest of the world for a little while.
A small whimper escaped her as her skin flushed and she fisted my t-shirt. A breeze slipped through the trees and brought her sweet musky scent to my nose. Oh shit. My cock strained against my pants.
“Yes,” she breathed.
I blinked, dragging my eyes from her mouth. “Yes?”
“Kiss me and don’t stop.” She rose on her toes and grabbed my shoulders as her breasts pressed against me.
Was she reading my mind? Or was I that obvious in what I was thinking? Didn’t matter. Either way, I couldn’t resist this sexy minx.
My mouth crashed against her, kissing her hard. She moaned and ran a hand up through my hair. Damn, it felt good as her fingers ran over my scalp and toyed with my hair. She had me purring like a big cat.
I gripped her tight ass and kneaded it as I pushed one leg between hers. Callista responded eagerly, rubbing herself against my thigh. Her slick soaked through my jeans and made my cock ache so hard it almost hurt.
This amazing Omega, she made my world spin. Here I was trying to comfort her, and I went spilling my life story to her. She’s the one who not only called me brave but wise. No one in my life had ever called me that. Thick headed, stubborn, impulsive, idiot, lunkhead, yeah, sure. What was Callista seeing in me that no one else had before?
Lifting her off her feet, I lowered her to the ground and laid her in the fall leaves and soft pine needles. Her hair fanned out, dark and shimmering like the night sky. “God, you’re so gorgeous.”
“Mm,” Callista murmured as she kissed along my jaw to my ear and nipped at it. She giggled a little. “Big hunky Alpha.”
“Very big,” I grinned and kissed her hotly again. I ground down between her legs so she could feel my erection. “Very,verybig.”
“Yes,” she hissed the s and turned it into a whimpering growl. Her hands flew down to desperately pull at my pants. “I need you, Evander. Please.”
