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She has no reason to be sorry. She has no reason to beinsecure.

Why can’t she see that?

“It’s perfectly natural,” I assure her. “It happens. You can call me anything you want, Dev. You’re in Heat.”

“But…I’ve never done that before. And I did it on our anniversary.” Her voice is barely a whisper, and I pull her closer until she’s completely flush against me in the water.

Honestly, I’m surprised it hasn’t happened sooner. She expects an Alpha during her Heat. It’s literally biology.

Am I insecure about it myself a bit? Yes, but she doesn’t need to know that.

This isn’t about me. This is about her, and what she needs.

“Like I said,” I murmur, pressing a gentle kiss to her ear. “It doesn’t matter. I promise, Dev. Just let me take care of you.”

She heaves out a deep sigh and relaxes completely against me. “I suppose,” she grumbles, but I can hear the smile in her voice.

“What’s the ballpark for how long we have until you need to be back in your nest?”

“Hmm.” She gathers some of the bubbles in the water and swishes them around. “Probably five minutes ago,” she says innocently.

I sigh.

“You’re lucky you’re so cute,” I murmur, hurrying to finish cleaning us both off.

* * *

We spendthe rest of the week in bed, and we get through one of her most intense Heats together. I feed her, cuddle her, and take advantage of the laundry service the inn offers.

Devyn calls meAlphathree more times during the week.

As we say goodbye to Aurora and pet Wilson for the final time, I can’t ignore the worries that swirl in my head.

It’s clear Devyn needs a pack, and if she won’t budge, I’m not sure what to do.

3

CONNOR

There’sa talented mouth wrapped around my cock, and a fistful of dark hair in my hand.

It’s glorious. Ace kneels on the bed next to me, deep-throating me like he’ll never do it again. He groans around my cock, pushing my dick all the way down his throat until I’m sure he can’t breathe.

I don’t deserve him. He’s glorious, beautiful, and wild.

I groan and move my hips, throat-fucking him while holding his head down, just the way he likes.

Unbidden, a flash of blonde hair and light, bright blue eyes fills my head, and Ace pulls his mouth off me.

The smirk on my boyfriend’s face is so wide that I want to smack it off him.

“You’re thinking about her again.” He grins, and he has no right to look so smug after my cock was crammed all the way down his throat.

I growl, and he laughs.

“Admit it,” he says, entertained. “Admit you were thinking about her.”

He already knows about my crush on Devyn, the Omega from the café, and he’s done nothing but exploitit, bringing her up every goddamned day.