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JAMIE

Sweat trickled over my ribs and the sheets twisted in a stranglehold that made it even harder to breathe. My skin felt both clammy and boiling hot. Something was very wrong. Every exhale was ragged and burned my throat like I hadn’t had a drink in days.

My eyes popped open and the room spun as I tried to get a grip on what was happening to me.

Cameron. I’m with Cameron.

I rolled over and kicked wildly to untangle myself from the blankets. Even in just a pair of shorts, heat seemed to radiate off my skin.

And then the scent of alpha hit me like a brick and I gasped, looking for the man who had saved me. Every instinct in me told me to get up, but I couldn’t make my body move.

My breathing was wild and shallow, like I couldn’t pull enough air into my lungs. I felt lightheaded and disoriented until I finally locked in on the white wolf standing at the far end of the room. “Cameron?”

He watched me with a nervous focus, like he wasn’t sure if he should bolt or shift. Actually, why wasn’t he in his skin? Was there a threat? That thought brought on a new anxiety. “What’s wrong?” I pulled the covers over me and clutched at my stomach at the same time. A sharp pain ran up my spine as I pulled my knees to my chest.

Cameron started pacing back and forth across the room.

“Did he find us?” I had to know what was so upsetting. Cameron wasn’t like that when we went to sleep, and I couldn’t take not knowing what had changed. “Are we in danger?”

The white wolf looked back at me and shook his head. His blue eyes were pinned to me like I was the only thing in the room. Which was almost more disturbing because of how worried he looked.

It made me even more frantic. More itchy. More frustrated.

I kicked off the blankets, hoping the cooler air would help me breathe. “Did something happen?” My voice came out desperate, like it was coming from someone else. Someone just as confused as me.

After a few more tense moments, Cameron stopped at the end of the bed and shifted into his skin. I watched intently as he grabbed a pair of pants and stepped into them before finally facing me.

“You’re in heat, Jamie.” His voice was strained and low, like it hurt to push the words out.

He reached for a shirt and pulled it on over his head. “I’ll be outside.”

Before he got to the door, I stopped him, unable to let him go. “No, Cameron.” I needed help before my skin peeled right off my bones. “Please don’t go.”

Cameron sucked in a deep breath and looked back at me. His expression was unreadable, but everything else about him was tight and restrained. “Jamie.”

“Help me.” I reached toward him like I could pull him closer despite the half-dozen feet between us. “It hurts.” The ache was everywhere, and I felt like I was dying.

Cameron exhaled heavily, like he was torn between staying and going. After a second, he looked at me over his shoulder. “Are you sure?”

“Yes.” I didn’t know exactly what I needed, but my wolf told me my mate would fix everything. “Yes.”

His eyes were dark and deep as they bored into me. Silence hung between us for a moment before Cameron pulled his shirt over his head and stepped up to the side of the bed. "Tell me what you need."

Relief washed over me in one crashing wave after another. I'd never had a full heat before, and this was way worse than anyone had ever described. Having a strong and sexy alpha like Cameron willing to help me through it was a dream come true. Maybe too good to be true. “I don’t know.” I grabbed my shorts and pulled them down to my knees. “Everything, I think. Just make it better.”

The corner of his mouth turned up in a crooked grin. “You need a knot, baby?” He dropped his pants and kicked out of his boots, completely naked in just a few moves. “You need an alpha to make you feel good?”

"Yes!" My hand closed around my dick and I started pumping, but it didn’t help at all. I needed an alpha, and he was taking too damn long. “Now, alpha. Please.”

My body was like a bonfire, and each second I was empty made me feel hotter than the last. Need clawed through my gut, and my ass was slick and ready for Cameron’s big cock to fill me.

“I’ve got you, sweetheart.” Cameron lowered his body over mine and groaned when our dicks pressed against each other.

I loved feeling his strength over me, protecting me and taking care of me in a way that felt completely natural. “My wolf says it has to be you. Is that true?”

He groaned and pressed his mouth to mine. I don’t know if he was shutting me up or just wanted to kiss me as badly as I wanted to kiss him, but all logical thoughts left my mind and I just followed his lead. Cameron knew what to do. He kissed me soft and tenderly, like he was doing more than a favor to a stranger in need.

When he finally pulled off, his eyes were different. He looked at me like something was starting to make sense to him that still made zero sense to me. “Roll over, baby. This is gonna be fast and hard.”

Fuck, yeah. I flipped over and arched my back so my ass was at the perfect angle for him to slide right in. My body had been prepping for him all night and didn’t need anything else. “I’m ready, alpha.” The throb in my body got sharper and heavier as I squirmed between his arms. “I need it.”

Cameron’s hand trailed down my back, making shivers race along my spine. I wondered if he felt it too. This thing between us felt more than physical.

My wolf kept sending thoughts to me that I wasn’t sure how to interpret. He called Cameron our mate. As much as I wanted to believe that was true, I also didn’t know if it was just our heat-addled mind confusing fantasy from reality. "I don't know how much longer I can wait, Cameron."

"You don't have to wait any longer." He kissed the back of my neck and then my earlobe. "I need you too."

Thank fuck. A tiny part of me felt guilty for forcing Cameron into this position. He was hired to find me, not fuck me. But if he needed me too, then I was all in. “Then let’s go.”

Every inch of me blazed under the weight of his body, waiting for him to connect us in a way that I was starting to feel would be bigger than this night. Bigger than a job.

Finally, after a million years of anticipation passing in just those few minutes with him, he pressed his hard cock to my opening and slowly pushed in. “Tell me if it hurts.”

“Okay.” I wasn’t worried about the pain of penetration. Nothing could hurt more than being so close to him without feeling him inside me. “I will.”

He continued to slide in until his chest was against my back and he was fully inside me. “Fuck, you’re tight, Jamie.”

I sighed and finally started to believe the end was near. Or maybe it was the beginning. My head was still fuzzy, so I just nodded, unable to form words.

Our bodies locked together for several seconds before he started moving with more intention. Purpose. He pulled out and then slammed back in, scratching the itch inside me that I knew only he could reach.