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Liam better be ready, because Lucy wasn’t the kind of omega who would let him off easy.

No, my omega was vicious.

I pulled her into my lap and slid my thumb over the thick, black band around her neck. “Just say the word Lucy and I’ll make him disappear.”

CHAPTER 25

Lucy

One word from me and he’d make Liam disappear?

All I could do was watch as Cas gently pulled on the adhesive around my neck. It shouldn’t make me feel better to hear him offer someone’s death so easily, but it did. If it was anyone other than Liam I might even take him up on it.

“Would you really pick me over him?” I didn’t believe him—didn’t want to believe him.

Cas gently pulled the thickest band of adhesive off my neck, not looking the least bit bothered by my question. “I’d rather not if I don’t have to, but I’m your alpha Lucy. If that’s what you need from me, I’ll do it.”

“There’s something wrong with you.”

“Yeah, there’s a lot wrong with me, but you like that about me and we both know it.” The sharp grin that sliced across his face was hypnotic. “You can torture me…kill me, I don’t care as long as you accept me as your alpha. Choose us Lucy and you can do whatever you want.”

I should stop him. Taking off my scent blockers didn’t seem like a good idea, especially when my thoughts were churning like this.

On the surface I was numb, but just under that thin layer was chaos.

Whether it was a side effect of the suppressants or not, I couldn’t tell. All I knew was that it pissed me off Cas was suddenly wearing scent blockers and I’d temporarily lost my mind when I thought he might be stalking some other omega just seconds after I felt devastated that he wanted to put me down.

The emotional whiplash was giving me a headache, but now that he was touching me again the boiling sensation just under my skin was starting to settle and the way his rough hands were skating over my neck was addicting.

Cas started on the second band around my throat and despite my worry that even a hint of my pheromones might hurt Frankie, I still didn’t stop him.

I couldn’t use the excuse of his pheromones or mine to explain why I felt this way either. There was literally no reason. At least not biologically.

Wanting him to touch me was a bone-deep need that I felt.

Calling him up here had been a risk, but I hadn’t been able to stop myself. Watching them just wasn’t enough anymore and I’d caved the second Frankie left.

Being alone was too depressing so I’d called him up here, hoping to get some answers. I’d figured if he wasn’t the one messing with shit, I could ask him to help me since he’s been with the company for such a long time and he already knew what I was hired to do.

Then he’d told me anything and everything I wanted to know. Which was great. I guess. But I couldn’t make myself focus on the case right now. Not when he kept touching me.

Even when he did manage to keep his hands to himself, I made sure I was close enough to tempt him because now that I knew what it felt like when he paid attention to me like this, I couldn’t stand the thought of losing it.

I didn’t want him to give me space so we could talk about work. I wanted to climb all the way into his lap until there wasn’t a single sliver of space left between us.

Watching him set the adhesive on the coffee table, I decided I needed some clarification before I made any reckless decisions.

Like asking him to bond me so he couldn’t change his mind about this.

“Why do you care about me, Cas? I’m not asking because I don’t believe you. I’m asking because I need to understand.” His dark hair was always in his face, hiding the color of his eyes like he hated it. I brushed some of it aside so I could see all the different shades of stunning blue. “You’re here after giving me the space I needed so I know it’s not just because of my pheromones, but…I still don’t understand. You don’t really know me, and you have Liam. Is it just because you need an omega, or is it something else?”

“I guess part of it is because you’re an omega.” His gaze was still fixed on my neck and he started pulling off the last band of adhesive with single-minded focus. “I could smell your scent the second you stepped out of that elevator. It was pretty faint, so I couldn’t catch more than an impression, but it was the first time I’ve ever found an omega’s scent pleasing.”

He could smell it?

No one had ever been able to catch the scent of my pheromones before they went all crazy other than Liam.

Frankie had known which was why she became an alpha when she did to protect me in that courtroom, and I suppose Francisco could tell too, but that was it. No one else knew just by looking at me and they’ve definitely never pegged my scent as omega-like.

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