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Melanie

I was so hot, and Kai smelled so good, and everything had been beautiful. I was floating in a haze where Kai surrounded me with his buzzing aura, and all I needed to do was let go.

I could feel the bite pulsing between us, shining out from his finger, asking to be fulfilled.

I didn’t mean to cry after Zania left, but ever since I’d suddenly become an omega, I’d been so emotional. And Kai could feel it all, searching through me so intensely it was like I needed to be with him to keep myself sane.

I could still taste Sin on my lips and Caspian’s power hummed around us, but it wasn’t the same. It couldn’t be when there was no bite.

Even though I was sure I was going to suffocate with need if Kai didn’t kiss me again.

“Let’s have a little competition, shall we?” Kai’s voice curled around me as his cock ground harder against me.

“What kind of competition?” Caspian growled from his position beside us. I’d been trying not to look at him while I was with Kai, because it only seemed to make him angrier, but it was so hard to resist.

Even with his dinner jacket covering his white shirt, Caspian’s muscles still bulged through. I couldn’t stop thinking about how easy it had been in the heat suite for him to pick me up, make me come, and carry me to the bed like it was nothing.

“Oh no, not for you, Cas. This one is for omegas only.” Kai chuckled as he kept his eyes on me. He fished his fan out from his belt and twirled it around his fingers. My breath caught as he notched his fan under my chin and made me look up at him.

And the person who looked back was the Kai I met when I woke up in the heat suite, the Kai that ravaged me and left me wanting more. He was so rough and violent, and it was difficult not to beg him to fuck me just to experience it all again.

This was the Kai that would eat me alive if he wanted to, and I wouldn’t stop him if he tried.

“If you’re really going to fake being our omega for the crowd out there, I want to see how much you can take,” he purred, and my eyes glazed over, my body softening at his whispered promise. “Who do you think would perfume first if we really made a thing of this? Do you think you could outlast me, Brandy? What would I have to do to get you to crack?”

My breaths shook as Kai’s gaze danced over my face, all the way down to my heaving breasts, and he licked his lips. My back straightened against the tiled wall as the tension rose between us again.

The shame that had been eating away at me since the first sneer from Zania dissolved with his hot look, and I happily pushed away years of anguish in favour of feeling Kai against my body again.

“Enough,” Sin said, suddenly breaking through our heavy moment. His tone was so sharp that Kai and I both looked at him in surprise.

He still leaned against the door, but his look was dark and his folded arms clung to his waist. “We don’t have time for this. We need to return to the party.”

Kai clicked his tongue and pulled back from me, giving me a better view of Sin.

And the eager softness that Kai had conjured in me grew as Sin looked at me. I wanted to taste him again, to experience his tender touch that he showered me with every time we met, before he would ruin it with his cold words.

Even standing there, glaring at us, I still wanted him to stride over and tug Kai and me to his chest, rub his scent all over us both so that we were blended properly. And only when Caspian joined us could I settle.

“Well, I didn’t mean we’d have the competition now.” Kai pouted at Sin. “I just mean in general.” Kai looked back at me, running his tongue over his teeth. “There’s another party next week. I’d love to know if you’d be able to hold on to your perfume until then.” He dipped in close to me, skimming his teeth over the shell of my ear before tugging on me enough that I yelped.

He laughed as he drew back and I shot a hand up to test it, more excited than worried if it was bleeding. If he had really tried to claim me, I would know.

“Brandy,” he sing-songed. “You need to be able to control yourself if you want to be a proper omega. But I’d love to make you perfume all over the place so your body could be honest about what a slut you really are.”

I swallowed, my throat bobbing against his fan.

“What do you think? Sounds fun, right? The winner has to stay the fuck away from Sin and Cas. And if anyone wants to complain you aren't our mate, then we can just make you perfume in front of them as proof, and that will be that.”

I gave him a shocked look, but he was serious. An omega who couldn’t control their perfume was still seen as immature, and if they were my age, they were seen as a lost cause. But they would usually take scent blockers by that point.

If I perfumed at any of these parties, people would look down on me even more than they had. It was hard enough talking to people earlier. I wasn’t sure what would be worse: perfuming in front of them or them finding out I worked for Knottinghill Spa.

Well, used to…

I didn’t know what to say. They were paying me, so was I meant to do whatever they wanted?

“What if I take scent-blockers?” I asked, knowing there was no way I’d be able to get hold of them now that I’d cut off contact with my sister.

“No, that’s totally cheating. I want you raw for me.”

A shudder went through me as my body pulsed, knowing exactly how raw we could get.

“Well, anyway,” Kai said, removing the fan from my chin and flicking it upwards. “I’ll just have to try extra hard to make sure everyone knows how much you want to be our mate, hm?”

“Kai,” Sin pressed, warning him, and Kai shot an irritated look at his mate.

“Okay, fine . But Cas still needs to scent mark her before we go out to the party. You’ve already had your turn.”

Leaning back against the wall, Kai looked over his shoulder to meet the eyes of his other alpha.

“Come on, Cas,” Kai urged, his voice deep with a challenging growl. “She’s waiting for your scent.”

I met Caspian’s gaze, still filled with hate, and my throat tremored with anticipation. Because he was getting closer to the same expression he had when he first threw himself at me in the heat suite.

“For fuck’s sake,” he snapped as he pushed off of the sink, running a hand through his hair. Kai stepped away as Caspian reared over me.

Caspian’s hand rubbed the back of his neck, his palm pressed flat against his spine. His aura grew thicker, surrounding me, crushing me, squeezing me the same way it did when he’d made me come.

He just stood there, his eyes glued to me.

The difference between Sin’s softness and coldness made me crave him. Kai’s anger was the same as mine and I wanted him to share it. But looking up at Caspian, I knew I could really lose myself with him. I could give him everything of myself, all the rage and hate that I’d forced down inside me since I was born, and he would take it all without questioning me.

The idea that I had absolutely no control with him should terrify me, but I wanted him to take me away so I didn’t have to feel anything but him.

He stood over me, his hand winding to the front of his throat before his lips pulled over his teeth as he growled.

“You don’t fucking deserve this,” he spat as he reached for me, and slamming his hand to the back of my neck.

I gasped as his fingers dug into the sides of my throat and he ground his hand into the ridge of my spine.

Even though Kai had rubbed himself all over me to remove Zania’s scent, it still stung and the roughness of Caspian’s touch made it worse.

His grip tightened in exactly the same place as Zania's as he embedded his salted caramel scent into my skin. Like he was replacing the memory of it with him.

I drew in a breath. And shuddered. And whined as his thick body pressed closer.

Suddenly his eyes widened, and he sucked in his chest as we both watched each other, inhaling the swirl of brandy and caramel that was so rich and fiery that it covered the back of my throat and spiralled into my lungs.

“It doesn’t matter how much you flutter your pretty lashes. You’re never going to fit in here.”

“You’re saying that”—my voice was barely a whisper—“but why do you keep leaning into me?”

Another growl echoed through him, setting my body alight.

“The only reason you’re here is because of the hole between your legs. I don’t give a shit what else you think you are.”

“But isn’t that what you want?” I asked, not recognising my own voice. I swept my hand against his stomach, scared by how bold I was. But I was high on Kai’s kisses, and I felt like I could do anything—and I wanted to find a way to make him crack.

I ran my hand farther downwards, channelling my inner Amanda.

“Isn’t my hole what you’ve been waiting for this whole time? Don’t you remember how good it felt to be inside me?”

His snarl bounced around the bathroom, but he didn’t pull my hand away either. His fingers twitched around my neck, and he forced my head back so I had to look at him.

I nearly melted as my fingers brushed the waistband of his trousers, and I had a choice. Did I slide my hand down so I could cup him? Or should I slip my hand under his waistband so I could feel his hard heat between my fingers?

His sharp cheekbones, his harsh nose, green eyes, growing closer to my face as his energy pressed against me.

I didn’t need to endure his spiked aura to know how much he despised touching me. He rubbed his hand back and forth over the top of my spine, exactly how I wanted to rub his cock, and I couldn’t help it.

“Caspian, more,” I said as his caramel scent washed over me. “Keep marking me,” I demanded, knowing it wasn’t just me speaking; it was my instincts asking to be claimed by an alpha. But I couldn’t bring myself to say And I’ll mark you .

I dipped my chin, giving him more space for his large hand on the back of my neck. My hair fell forward over my shoulders, completely exposing my neck, and offering myself for a bite.