Page 52 of Gold Sector

“Perhaps he’s concerned that you’ve fallen into a trap?” Onyx suggests, arching a brow. “Have you?”

I snort. “I’m sitting here talking to you. What do you think?”

“I think you smell like a claimed Alpha,” he replies without missing a beat. “I know you weren’t foolish enough to give in to her pussy that easily, but I have concerns.”

My dragon instantly growls, not liking my brother’s crass words. “Careful,” I warn him.

“That,” he says, gesturing to me. “Thatis why I have concerns. You don’t know her, Oros. Yet you’ve half lost your mind over her already.”

“You don’t know if she’s a trap or not,” I remind him flatly. “You’re guessing.”

“And you’re defending something that should be a huge fucking red flag,” he retorts. “I’m your Second for a reason, Oros. Remember that.”

“Are you threatening me?” I ask, startled by the conviction in his tone.

“No. I’m reminding you of who I am and why you put me in this position. If that female drugs your senses, I will handle the problem. That’s my job.”

“So you’re threatening her,” I realize aloud, standing. “Don’t you fucking touch?—”

A knock at my office door pauses me mid-shout, causing both me and my brother to glance at the threshold.

One sniff tells me who it is, and I’m already sighing as she enters without waiting for me to answer her knock.

Bella Chambers.

The Omega I last knotted.

I glare at my brother, certain he’s the reason she’s here.

He thinks I’ve lost my mind over Taliana Embers, and maybe I have. But calling this Omega up here isnotthe solution.

I’m going to fucking kill you,I tell him with a look.

His trademark amusement is missing. Instead, he has the grace to look alarmed. Good. He should be alarmed.

Because I don’t have patience for tests or games.

I’m the Gold Sector Prince.

No Omega will ever change that.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

TALIANA

A Few Minutes Earlier

Goose bumps pebbleacross my arms and legs, my mind instantly alert.

Something doesn’t feel right.

I went from being warm to suddenly cold.

Alone.

My eyes open, the black sheets around me unfamiliar. Yet the scent is one that makes my wolf rumble with approval.

Mmm. Alpha.MyAlpha.