Page 31 of Eclipse Sector

And yet, Cael’s and Dixon’s capabilities of thwarting my natural talents had me second-guessing my entire existence.

My jaw clenched.You’ve lost the plot,I told myself.Stop with this nonsense.

Yet that irritation in my chest wouldn’t abate. It just kept thrumming. Prickling at my instincts. Causing my hands to curl and uncurl.

I growled, my eyes slamming closed as I fought the urge coming over me to shadow.

Checking my watch, my teeth only ground harder.

It’d been nearly ninety minutes since I’d last seen Ivana.

Maybe if I just… checked on her… I’d feel better. I could rid myself of this sensation.

“Fine,” I growled, shadowing to the street outside of her building.

The sun was already inching up over the horizon, the commencement dinner having run into the early hours of the morning.

We were night creatures by nature, preferring to sleep during the day. However, the sun didn’t bother us like it did other beings in our world.

If anything, the sun merely served as an irritant for our eyes.

Sighing, I leaned against the building and tried to focus on Ivana’s mind again.

Still silent,I muttered, my gaze narrowing.

Without thinking it through, I shadowed to her floor and listened again.

When it was still too quiet, I went to her door and lifted my hand to knock.

Only to hear a soft moan from inside, one that put my enhanced senses immediately on alert. The world disappeared and reappeared around me in a blink, the hallway instantly replaced by Ivana’s inner sanctuary.

While I knew where she lived, I’d never actually visited her here before. However, my nose led me right to her nest.

And the petite Omega curled up in the sheets.

My lips parted at the stunning sight, her hair tousled in a brilliant golden halo that practically glowed despite the darkness of her room.

Fuck. I was instantly hard at the sight, my knot pulsing with a need to join her.Shadow,I commanded myself.Leave. Now.

Except another one of those delicious sounds parted her full lips, the beckoning call lighting my veins on fire.

My chest tingled with the need to purr.

And my dick…

No. Fuck no.I took a forceful step backward.Not happening.

This mating program was fucking with my head.

I needed to go for that run. To embrace my animal’s desire to shift and?—

“Cillian,” Ivana whispered, causing my eyes to widen.

Shit.I swallowed, my mouth suddenly dry. Because I didn’t know how to explain why I was here. Why I was standing next to her nest with a fucking hard-on. “Ivana, I?—”

“Ohhh, Cillian…” She curled into a tighter ball, the scent of her slick hitting me with the force of an avalanche, stealing the breath from my lungs.

A growl tightened my chest, overtaking the urge to purr, my instinct torutalmost overwhelming my sense of reason.