Page 37 of Big Knot Energy (Shadowverse)

“And?” I asked.

I didn’t want to push her too far, but I had a feeling Issa was the kind of person who needed help stepping outside of her comfort zone until she could truly discover who she was outside of whatever box she’d been shoved into before meeting this pack. And me.

“Andwhat? That’s how I came to live with these alphas.”

“But that doesn’t explain the fact you denied they were your alphas, or the fact all four of you are obviously head over heels for each other but I’ve yet to see…anything other than casual touches.”

“They’re just flirts,” she said.

But I noticed the way her eyes darted to the side as though she was either lying or didn’t quite believe her own words.

Turning so one of my knees rested on the couch and I could fully face her, I tilted my head.

“Either you’re in denial or completely blind.”

Her brows shot up her forehead. “Excuse me?”

“Those three alphas watch you like you hung the damn moon.”

“They do not,” she said, that sweet pink brightening her olive cheeks again. Her complexion was only a tad lighter than my own.

As I watched her, I realized it wasn’t that she was in denial or blind. She didn’t believe someone could truly see her, that they could truly care about her.

And the urge to find out who the fuck had hurt her, who hadcaused her to believe this way about herself was nearly as overwhelming as the urge to drag her onto my lap and wrap my arms around her for the next few hours.

Nah. I would rather run my hands and tongue across every inch of her skin, to worship her the way she deserved, to show her exactly how perfect she was.

But that would do nothing about the doubt she carried about her alphas’ feelings for her.

“Have you never had a conversation about your place in this pack?”

She’d been so strong and confident that first night, had asked for exactly what she wanted from me.

But I was an omega. Not an alpha. I wasn’t a risk to her. She had no reason to fear me, regardless of my size.

“Ax…” She ducked her gaze and a smile pulled up her lips.

“Yes?” I asked, drawing out the word.

“We all crashed in my bed that night. After the club.”

Yep. Her cheeks were definitely growing darker with a blush.

“I couldn’t sleep. I kept thinking about…everything. And Ax–”

She cut herself off and covered her face with her hands for a brief second as the sweetest giggle escaped from her lips.

When she dropped her hands, she refused to look in my direction.

“He’d said they thought I wasn’t interested in sex. Said I acted as though I wasn’t interested in them. But I thought they weren’t interested in me. They’re always fooling around with each other. And I got the privilege of lying there and listening to all the moans and sucking their hormones into my lungs with only my own hand to–”

She cut herself off again, turning wide eyes on me as though she hadn’t meant to speak those words out loud.

Oh. This girl was so sheltered and not in a good way. I’d seen the way she could let loose, the way that, once her inhibitions were lowered, she could go after exactly what she wanted.

And, in that moment, I made it my personal mission to teach her how to get exactly what she wanted from these alphas every moment of the day.

CHAPTER 13

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