Page 183 of Psycho Beasts

It was so cute.

Ascher finally regained his composure. “Beautiful my fucking ass. Is that why you’re covered in bite marks and blood like an attack victim? Sorry to break it to you, Sadie, but whatever you two did was not fucking.”

Agitation sparked through my chest. “How dare you? Just because you’ve clearly never experienced true passion doesn’t mean you get to judge us.”

I took a step forward, my voice rising as I saw red. “You’ve never made a woman orgasm dozens of times with a vibrating dick.”

Ascher’s horns expanded larger than I’d ever seen, and amber eyes exploded with fire.

“Oh, Princess, you think because you’ve had sex once, with an omega in a mindless heat, that you could handle an alpha male?” He tipped his golden head back and laughed cruelly.

I snapped, “Well, I seem to remember you fucking my mouth and tits a few days ago. Also, why would I ever want an overrated alpha when I have an omega with a vibrating cock, you closed-minded fuck!”

Cobra’s voice was cutting. “Kitten, you’ll take an alpha, and you’ll like it.”

The shadow snake on my flesh sent more happy sparks as it twirled across my skin.

Jax growled.

Ascher grew taller and wider as he partially shifted, and his tone dripped with scorn. “You couldn’t handle an alpha anyways. Who said we even wanted to fuck you?”

My heart twisted as he hit my insecurities.

Maybe they only wanted me for oral sex; they had never gone all the way.

There was a shhhhk behind me.

Xerxes brandished his twin blades. “How dare you insult her?”

Suddenly, he turned to me and spoke quietly like he needed to explain. “When omegas complete a bond, they go into heat every few months and their bodies burn until they have sex with their mates. It’s a way of ensuring they procreate. But it’s a super intense and intimate experience that they will only do with someone they trust and want.”

He trailed a finger across my jaw. “Understand, even though we aren’t mated, that’s what you are to me, baby girl.”

My heart thumped heavy in my chest as I nodded.

I love you hung in the air between us.

Behind us, Cobra made a choking sound and dragged me out of the spell of Xerxes’s purple eyes.

I gnawed on my lower lip and looked at the other men.

Ascher’s scoffing words lingered and I was afraid to see the rejection on their faces.

“Fuck, Princess, I didn’t mean it.” Ascher pleaded, “You’re just covered in marks, and seem injured, and it’s killing me inside.”

I narrowed my eyes as I weighed the merits of wallowing in a pity party and holding his words against him for the rest of his life, or forgiving him.

It was a close one.

The former definitely won out.

Jax finally gained enough control to speak, and his voice was sharper than I’d ever heard it. “What could you have even done to leave such marks on her body?”

Burned chestnuts filled the space.

I looked up at Xerxes and rolled my eyes at the wide grin splitting his lips.

Men were so predictable.

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