Page 89 of Crown of Chaos

“It mattered little who’d sired the babe, as long as the child was both strong and healthy,” Brander answered, snipping the thread before beginning another suture. “You’re also an alpha, and they’re very possessive of their man. Alphas didn’t share women unless that woman was an omega.”

“Indeed,” Knox agreed, and I winced as Brander tugged a bit too hard on my skin. Knox’s lips drifted over my shoulder, pressing against the mark he’d left when he’d claimed me. He frowned against my skin, turning to smile against it while he watched the heat burning in my cheeks.

“Are you imaging being an omega who satisfied multiple men at once?” Brander questioned before his face cracked and laughter exploded from his lips. “You’re a dirty girl, Aria. Knox will need to up his game now, isn’t he?”

“Iamnot,” I argued vehemently, hating that my ears were heating with embarrassment. My head tilted as a whine bubbled up from my chest. Knox’s hands bit into my sides, and he yanked me closer while Brander smiled impishly. “I mean, I can sort of see the appeal.”

“If you’re curious about alphas, discuss what happens when Lennox expands and seals your entrance. I bet Knox would enjoy showing you exactly how that feels. He’s sampled your seal, but he’s not added the male counter of it, has he?”

“She doesn’t need to know that yet, asshole. Finish up and go make sure her friend doesn’t need your help.”

The brothers shared a look over my head, but Brander’s lips curved into a smile as he finished his work on my head in silence. When he was done, he stood from the bed, pulled a small bottle from his bag, and handed it to Knox.

“That will help ease the pain a little. I suggest you wait a while and allow your body to heal more damage before drinking it.”

Brander tilted his head, and Esme’s groan echoed through the corridor before he vanished without another word.

Lennox had pulled back once no other male was inside the room, and Knox’s fingers rubbed my belly, absently circling the rune for father and his name concealed within it. Not that I’d ever tell him that or admit that I’d included him in my protection spell. It meant if I couldn’t have his children, I wouldn’t have any. His lips brushed over my shoulder while we silently sat together, watching the fire that warmed the room.

“You’re almost to your final stage, aren’t you?” he questioned softly, his voice full of pent-up lust and need. His fingertips continued drawing invisible patterns over my belly.

I wanted to scream in frustration because, despite what I could hear in his voice, I felt his restraint. His slow motions and calculated touches were driving me insane. His mouth against my shoulder, promising pleasure with his bite, was toying with me. A shiver rushed through me, and I considered turning and biting him to start this rodeo and do exactly as Ember had suggested. I’d ride him like I was in a championship match at the rodeo, and fuck if he wouldn’t give me the trophy when I left his cock.

“Almost, but not there yet.”

Carefully, he pushed the hair away from my neck, kissing above the shifting spine. His hand moved, cupping my breast before he squeezed it until I gasped, and the other hand drifted lower. I continued to watch the flames dancing in perfect harmony with the ones inside my belly. His fingers skimmed over my naked pussy, making me shudder violently.

“Soon, though,” he promised silkily, as an approving growl escaped him. He pushed his fingertips through the arousal he was creating, sliding my pussy apart with two fingers while dragging another one against the most sensitive middle. “Your cunt smells delicious, Aria.” The deep rumble of his words vibrated through my pussy, drenching it and tempting him to take what we both wanted. My body clenched against the finger leisurely exploring my aching core, demanding more.

“Please,” I begged, rocking against his fingers.

“Very soon, judging by the arousal coating your silken heat, Aria,” he rumbled, nipping my earlobe. “If we existed when we hunted our mates down, you’d be so fucked right now. Your pussy’s luring me to it by scent. It’s fostering my need to toss you onto the ground, part your legs, and savagely claim you until you submit. And I would fucking savage you, woman. I wouldn’t stop until you admitted defeat and claimed me back.”

“Holy shit, Knox,” I whimpered breathlessly. If that was what being an alpha meant, then sign me the fuck up. I would not say no because, hot damn, my pussy was trying to fly a white flag of surrender, so he’d do as he’d stated.

“My brother was correct in assuming you were imagining men slaking their carnal hunger in your tight pussy, wasn’t he? Fair warning, Aria. I don’t give a fuck about knotting, and the only reverse harem you’d get would be what was left of them after I’d finished ripping them to pieces. But I’m not a complete bastard. I’d fuck you on their corpses and teach you just how fucking filthy you are because you’d enjoy me between your silky thighs, plowing your needy pussy until you admitted you were a dirty bitch who enjoyed being brutally fucked.”

“You’re the only one I want between my thighs, Knox. I’d eviscerate them and leave a pile of bodies on my way to choose you, and only you.”

“That right there? That’s what makes you a fucking unicorn. It’s also why you are an alpha to your core, Aria Primrose. You fuck me as hard as I fuck you, and you aren’t nearly as delicate as you appear to be. You’re a carnal, red-blooded woman who isn’t afraid to fight between the sheets.”

“Are you looking to fight me or fuck me, Knox?” I queried in a raspy tone that sounded like sex in the purest form.

“Neither at the moment. You’re wounded and I prefer to fight you fairly. However, I enjoy teasing you and holding your tight body against mine. You melt so easily against me, almost like you belong in my arms, isn’t it?”

I sighed, leaning deeper into his embrace, wiggling a bit when his hard cock pressed against my lower back.

“Mmm, just like that. You fit against me perfectly.”

His fingers lazily rubbed through the arousal paying no attention to my clit. Instead, he growled a low rumble at my readiness. His other hand loosened its hold on my breast, flicking his thumb against the hard tip. I whimpered as his magical finger unhurriedly dipped deeper into my opening.

His knuckles brushed against my clit, and I closed my eyes, dropping my legs farther apart for more. The purring that escaped his chest forced my body to prepare for him, but he didn’t seem to be in a hurry to ease the painful ache he was creating.

Knox’s fingertips slipped between my lower lips. Without warning, two entered my pussy, ripping a moan from my throat as I arched against the pleasure. The hand on my breast tightened, holding me in place against him, and his fingers pinched the hard, needy tip of my breast. He did it at the same moment he withdrew his fingers, forcing them back in with a hard thrust. I whimpered, rocking my body against his with the fiery need he built within me. He withdrew his fingers and then pushed them into his mouth, sucking each one clean as I watched.

“You taste fucking delicious, Aria.” He groaned before he moved his fingers back, bringing me to the edge of a precipice and then leaving me there to dangle. “It is soaking wet for me, isn’t it?”

“Knox, please.” I panted through a moan. His rich, dark laughter sent a shiver racing down my spine and straight to my cunt. The hand caressing my breast lifted, slowly pressing against my throat in silent warning. Lips skimmed over my shoulder, and I swallowed the words meant to beg him to bite me like a wanton bitch in heat.

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