Page 74 of Eclipse Sector

Fuck. I had no idea what was happening here, but it was profound. Powerful.Us.

And I really didn’t want to fight anymore.

I just wanted to indulge in her soft, feminine touch. Let her pet me. Absorb her words. Believe them, if only just for a few precious seconds.

Ivana’s fingers trailed up into my hair while her opposite palm remained against my cheek.

I swallowed, feeling oddly vulnerable. It was… strange. Very unlike me. But I just wanted to melt into her, accept every ounce of her affection.

It was selfish.

I didn’t deserve this or her.

But I let her lead. Let her press her lips to mine. Let her breathe me in as though I was the oxygen she craved.

Or maybe it was me breathing her in.

Because I suddenly felt anchored to her. Reliant on her to hold me in place. To ground me. Tocenterme.

“Vana,” I said on a reverent exhale, my lips brushing hers.

“Shh,” she hushed me. “Let me show you what it could be like, Cillian. Let me be with you. Just for a minute.”

I shuddered, a hint of alarm sounding from somewhere deep within my mind.Stop this, that part of me demanded.Stop this before it’s?—

Her tongue traced my bottom lip, silencing my thoughts.

For the first time in my life, I relinquished control.

I gave my Omega what she craved—a piece of me.

No, not a piece.Allof me.

If only for a second, I would grant her access to my mind, body, heart, and soul. She was the first Omega to ever tempt me. The first Omega to ever make me consider an alternate path.

And I’d responded by pushing her away.

All while my wolf had pined for her.

Our Omega.

Our mate.

Our Vana.

I groaned as her tongue slid into my mouth, her kiss far more tentative than the one we’d shared after her date.

That had been about hunger.

This… this was about something so much deeper. A connection I’d fought for far too long. A yearning that existed between our souls.

But as her tongue touched mine, it awoke something much less tentative inside me. Something visceral. Somethingferal.

My fingers dug into her hips as I pulled her more firmly against me, my mouth taking charge of hers in the next breath.

I needed more.

I needed her.