Page 131 of Mark & Don't Tell

Steadily, Vic begins to thrust, and I ride him, circling my hips and moving over his cock until he breaks the kiss and his lips find my throat. His mouth brushes right over where his collar usually sits, and when I rock my hips down his thick length, he hisses in approval against my skin.

“You’ve been mine since the day I met you,” he whispers against my skin before sealing my fate with his bite, marking me as Linc had. The claim is enough to make my walls clamp around his length. He moans against my throat as he comes inside of me, just as he intended.

Maybe how it was always meant to be.

By the time we make it back to the house, my body is shaking, crashing from the thrill of the chase harder than I did at After Dark. The guys lead me inside and into a bedroom with an en suite bathroom, where Kai is waiting with a steamy shower running. He’s only wearing his boxer briefs, the expanse of his strong chest on display and the mark I left on his neck clearly visible.

That’s my alpha.

“You did so good, little doe.” Vic leans down to kiss my shoulder. “I’ll give you your collar when we head home. Take care of our omega, Kai.”

The alpha nods, eyes set on the fresh bites on my neck. “Always.”

My heart trembles in my chest. I’m only missing his claim.

Linc wraps his arms around me. “We love you, bunny.” Placing his nose at the base of my neck, he breathes in my scent with a pleased purr rumbling in his chest.

Watching Kai wait patiently for his turn to claim me is agony. He’d never rush his pack mates, though. He’ll make sure they’re perfectly content before taking care of himself.

“Kai is going to take good care of you,” Linc murmurs.

“I know,” I whisper, breaking free of his hold and throwing myself at Kai.

With a warm chuckle, he catches me and presses his lips to mine, a slow, purposeful kiss. A promise that I won’t leave this room without his mark. His hands roam over my naked body. Simple caresses, but electricity follows the wake of his touch. I melt into him, and he smirks against my mouth, breaking the kiss to slide the shower door open.

“Let me clean you up, baby.” Kai pulls me into the spray of water.

I hiss at the sudden onslaught of heat, but my shoulder muscles unbunch. There are an assortment of soaps, shampoos, and conditioners. None of my preferred products, but I can worry about my hair later. Right now, my focus is on the alpha in front of me.

Reaching for me, Kai places his palms on either side of my head and tips it back until the water washes over my curls. His lips crash into mine. A soft sigh slips out of me, but he steals the sound away, keeping it all for himself as the shower soaks my body.

Eventually, he pulls away to grab a loofah. “These were individually wrapped, so I know they’re clean.” Once he has it sufficiently foamy, he pulls me toward the back wall of the shower and washes my back while I rest my forehead on his shoulder. “Turn around for me,” he instructs, opening his arms to give me space.

My eyes lift to his, finding nothing but love, and I spin on wobbly legs, placing my back against his front. One arm bands around my waist.

“I’ve got you, baby.”

“I know.”

He hums in approval and slowly washes my front, dragging the soapy material over each breast, over my stomach, down farther, until every part of my body is clean. “Now, your hair,” he murmurs, squirting a quarter-sized amount of conditioner onto his palm. “I’m sorry they don’t have better options.” He scrubs my head, fingers slowly working the moisturizer through my strands.

“You know how I like to wash my hair?”

“I know a lot about you,” he says, rinsing the remainder of the conditioner from his hands while we wait for it to soak in.

I rest my head back against his shoulder. “You’re so wonderful.”

“Thanks, baby.” His palm coasts up my torso and to my neck. “You have no idea how badly I want to mark you right now, but that goes against my plans.”

“Fuck the plan. Mark me.”

He chuckles. “So demanding. Turn.” Guiding me back under the spray of water, he rinses the moisturizer from my hair and quickly does the shampoo next.

The fact that this alpha knows this simple thing that’s literally changed the way I work with my curly hair hits me hard in the heart. It would be so easy for him to rush through the shower, but he’s painstakingly taking his time, ensuring everything is done right because he wants to take care of me.

I let him do just that with a silly smile tugging at my lips. He turns off the water and wraps me in a towel before grabbing one for himself. Kai dries his body, scrubbing the towel around his hardened length.

“Kai,” I rasp. “I’m ready.”

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