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Then I withdrew my finger and brought it up to my mouth, sucking it between my lips. Gods, her juices were even sweeter than her mouth!

Before I could question my intentions, I dropped to my knees, forced her legs apart, and lapped my tongue against her pussy. Her fingers tangled into my hair as I ate her, her thighs trembling around my shoulders like they were the only thing holding her up.

Finally, I rose back to my feet, standing over her, paralyzed with indecision.

I was far from done with her. I wanted to ruin her in every possible way. And the pleading way she looked up at me, she was begging me for all of it. I suddenly realized she wasn’t at my mercy. I was at hers.

Damn it.

I brought my face close to hers once more, and she leaned forward, eager for more kisses.

“Get out,” I snarled dangerously.

She flinched, blinking at me in confusion. “W-what?” she squeaked.

“Are you deaf?” I barked. “I said, get out!”

She shrunk inwardly like I’d hit her, then slid out from between me and the wall and rushed out the door, covering the front of her body like she was ashamed of herself.

The door slammed closed, followed by another muffled slam across the hall, and all I could do was stand there, facing the wall, wrestling to collect myself.

I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t kill her. I’d had her right in my grasp, and I’d failed.

But more importantly, I didn’twantto kill her. Tannin was right. Harming a mate went against every instinct we had. In fact, the very opposite was true. I wanted to protect her, cherish her, worship her.

I’d gone about this the wrong way.

Our pack would be here in a few days, and they’d be out for blood. How was I supposed to do right by my pack and protect the woman I was completely, irrevocably in love with at the same time?

Chapter 13

Aliya

ICOULDN’T STOP MYbody from trembling even after I locked myself in my room and curled up into a ball in my bed.

I’d never been so confused in my whole life. The things Jax had done to me... I hadn’t even known it was possible to feel such overwhelming pleasure. I could still feel his lips... his tongue pressing against mine, his fingers sliding inside me and driving me wild with lust.