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“Please,” I plead, falling to my knees in the forest.

The absolute shock written across his face is nothing to the absolute torment inside my chest. Seeing him hurt this deeply, knowing I’m the cause of this and to know I could ease it makes me want to beg and plead with him.

“Vera,” he whispers, tears falling down his stony face. “I can’t be rejected again. I won’t survive this time.”

“I didn’t—”

He shakes his head, running his hand through his hair. “Not intentionally, but fuck,” he curses, gripping the strands so tight they tug on his head. “You’re my mate, Vera. You’re my half orange. That’s what it means. My other half, my soulmate, the thing that completes me.”

“But Dulce—”

He lets out a huff that sounds more like a snarl and yanks my mouth to his. “No more talking. I’ve let you stew, let you doubt, and now I’m going to make you mine.”

I don’t argue. I let him take my mouth and shut me right up.

Chapter Fifty-Six

Raev

Nadie Como Tú – Nicky Jam, El Alfa

This time, there are no pretenses. I lift her, not restraining the desperation in my moves. I’ve dreamed about this moment, waited for so long.

I’ll have her.

Not thinking twice about anything other than getting inside her, I press her against a tree and rip at the crop top she’s wearing.

It’s maddening, knowing the entire kingdom sees mi media naranja like this. That they get to feast upon her absolute glorious body that I want to kiss and lick and fuck forever.

This is mine. She is mine.

My body hums as the fabric easily tears. Expecting her to chastise me, I’m shocked to feel her chest rising and falling with anticipation. She’s not scared, annoyed, or disgusted.

Was she waiting for this moment as much as I have? Our push and pull, denying what we’ve both wanted... Has she craved the moment I sink inside her and make her mine?

“What if someone comes by?” Vera mutters, her breathlessness only enticing me more.

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