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“Good. Now keep those eyes on me.”

She looks perfect underneath me, all smooth skin, bouncing curves and desperate hands as I press kisses across her flushed neck and graceful shoulders. My tongue sweeps across her collarbone and lower as I sip on the hint of salt and the underlying essence of my omega. “Heaven, Daph. Do you think you’ll taste that good everywhere?”

Dainty pale green lace cup her breasts, showing hints of creamy white through the mesh. The color’s stunning againstthe strawberry gold of her hair. My palms cup her ribs, thumbs teasing her nipples in slow, maddening strokes. “Jesus Christ, this is beautiful.”

“I made it.”

The warning note is crystal clear.Don’t rip it.

“I’ll be gentle for now.”

Daphne’s breath stutters as I roll one nipple carefully between my teeth, stopping altogether when I give a single, hard suck. “Fuck!”

“Not yet.”

The other gets the same treatment, but nothing more. Just enough stimulation for the small peaks to stay hard, each one slipping through holes in the fabric.

“Incredible,” I breathe. “I’m going to cover these in cum before this heat’s over.”

Daphne’s hands wrinkle the sheets as she pants. “Yes, do that now.”

My mouth brushes across her plump stomach, leaving nips, licks, and sucking kisses wherever I fucking want. Her curves kill me. When I move across the band of her shorts with my teeth, she groans.

They catch, slowly pulling until I can see what’s underneath. More pale green lace, that triangle of flesh under sheerness driving me fucking insane. Almost as much as the scent of her slick is.

Dimpled thighs shine with her desire, and I can’t help rubbing my hands through the wetness, working it into our skin before pinning those legs to the bed.

Daphne lifts her hand to my cropped curls but stops short. There’s not a lot to grip, but whatever I’ve got is hers. I lead her back with a smile against her delicate skin. “Do your worst, baby.”

She thrusts her hips, rolling against my face on a gasp. The bite of her grip makes me a little crazy in the best way. When she drenches my mouth in slick, I stop breathing.

Daphne’s a sugar rush straight to the brain and I’m ready to sign on for a lifetime of cavities if it means I can have her.

“Please, Dez. Fuck,pleasetouch me.” Daphne’s hands claw my scalp, chest heaving and eyes wild. I like her mindless. Like her writhing underneath me. My pretty, needy omega.

“I am touching you.”

Her brows furrow and I know she’s cracking, but it’s not tears I get. Instead, Daphne throws me a furious glance. “If you won’t help, I’ll get one of the others. They can’t be too far.”

She’s serious too. Her eyes move from me to the entrance of the nest like she’s about to track Nate and Connor down, and I’m unprepared for the way my hindbrain takes over.

The way my arms shake to pin her down.

The ache in my teeth to get her pliant in my hands.

The urge to chase and fuck and subdue.

Phantom needs sweeps over me so fast, I almost call for the monitor. It takes everything in me to keep my mouth to myself so I don’t trap Daphne with us for good. When I don’t give her what she wants, she huffs, twisting to slip out from under me.

The second she turns away, that’s it. Game over. Normal Dez slips to the back of my mind, and alpha Dez races out.

Growling, I snatch her thigh. My first attempt gets me a handful of soft fabric that slips down her legs and bares drenched, cheeky panties. Without the barrier of her shorts, sweetness gets thicker around us.

My head’s fuzzy as I reach again, getting a good grip this time and dragging her close.Pin her. Fuck her. Keep her.

Daphne’s damn near naked under me. It feels impossible to stay lucid, to hold myself from doing all the things Ineedto do to this woman.Mywoman. But I do. For her.

“Have you changed your mind?”