Page 56 of Eclipse Sector

Out of pity.

I shoved the door open to our igloo and stomped inside, livid with myself for giving in to his touch. Yeah, I’d dreamt of it for years. And yeah, that kiss had been far better than any fantasy I’d ever concocted.

But the cruel reality ofwhyhe’d kissed me destroyed everything about the moment.

Stripping off all my layers of clothes, I went to take a shower.

“Sleep in the bed,” he’d said.

Fuck you,I thought in reply.Fuck you and your mouth and your hands and your demands. Fuck. You.

Telling me not to sleep on the couch.

Well, joke’s on him.

I’ll sleep in the fucking bathtub instead.

It was the only way I’d rid myself of hisscent.

And it wasn’t like I would be resting much anyway.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

IVANA

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: IVANA

I didn’t endup sleeping in the bathtub.

It was too uncomfortable, and the water wasn’t warm enough for living inside an igloo. I also didn’t want to drain whatever enchantment was used to heat up the interior.

Instead, I took over the entire bed, choosing to sleep sideways across the mattress.

I’d been childishly proud of myself until I woke up in a little corner of the bed with Cillian’s cologne suffocating my senses.

My gaze narrowed as I looked over my shoulder, but the Alpha in question was nowhere to be seen. Just like yesterday.

I reached for a clock on the nightstand and glared at the time. It was only five in the afternoon, which meant I’d slept a mere six hours. But hell if I could rest any longer. The sun would be setting right about now anyway.

Time for a run,I told my wolf.

Stripping out of my pajamas, I knelt on all fours and willed my animal to take control. The shift came over me in a rushof adrenaline, the hairs along my skin morphing into fur as my body changed shape.

A huff escaped my snout when the transition completed, causing me to giggle inside. My wolf loved her freedom and wasn’t pleased that I’d kept her locked up for the last few days.

Let’s go sightseeing, I murmured to her as we shadowed outside the igloo.

I’d seen enough of the town area to somewhat know my way around, but I’d yet to explore any sort of countryside.

Although, I doubted there was much to see other than snow and ice.

I shivered inside, not all that enthused by the lack of landscaping here.Better get used to it, I muttered to myself.

Because all the Omegas kept saying how Glacier Sector reminded them ofhome—a home I would be calling my own soon enough.With an Alpha mate.

That last thought had me swallowing with unease. Cillian’s kiss had been everything I’d ever dreamt of. At least until it’d ended and the words that had followed.

Still, it’d set an expectation I wasn’t sure the other eligible Alphas could meet.