Page 69 of Southpaw Slots

Latching onto the back of her head, I pull her face back so I can meet it with my lips as I erupt. The bandof his asshole squeezes me like a vise as I pump reams of my load deep inside him. As soon as I feel myself slowing down, I drop over his body and lean on my elbows, letting our mouths glide against each other’s before slipping out.

Arianna falls to his side and strokes his chest, the three of us reveling in a quiet moment of ecstasy.

“I need a shower,” I say, and Arianna slides off the bed with me.

“I’m running a bath.” Her hips sway enough that my dickthinksabout getting hard again. But there’s really nothing left.

As I turn to follow her, Wyatt snags my hand and sits on the edge of the mattress. His serious eyes meet mine as he says, “You are, you know?”

Confusion hits me and my brow furrows. “What?”

“The alpha.”

NINETEEN

ARIANNA

I get everything I want. It’s that simple.

So why don’t I want it anymore?

“Just drop me off here. I can wait for Leo.” Blinking rapidly, I smile at my husband.

His blue eyes harden to crystals for a moment. “Empress…I’m not sure how I feel about this. You’ve been spending more time shopping alone, and it doesn’t sit right with me that you’re going in there without security.”

Crawling my fingers up his ripped, tattooed arm, I tilt my head. “I love you. I love that you care for me and want me to be safe. It’ll just be a minute before he gets here.”

“No, vix. You’ll stay in this car until he gets here.” Wyatt’s forceful voice breaks through my moment with my husband. His tone has taken on the same as it didwhen he found out I was marrying Asa. Gruff, angry almost.

I don’t like it. So I ignore it.

Moving my eyes off Wyatt’s scrunched face to my husband’s, I ask quietly, “King, what is your command? What do you want me to do?”

Asa places his lips against my forehead and my body heats with his affection. His fingers stroke back some of my hair that’s escaped in front of my shoulder. I love him.

“Please, baby. Just wait a minute— Oh! Here he is already!” His face lights up so brightly when he smiles, and I want that expression to live there. Iwantto make him happy.

But Asa’s so innocent and doesn’t understand what’s happening. And maybe I don’t, either.

But I feel like we’re being played.

I just haven’t figured out the game yet.

So, I stay silent. Waiting for my opportunity to strike. And when I do…

It’s game over.

Maybe it was my brother’s stern reaction and how much it hurt me. But it let me knowwhoI am now. I’m a wolf. Not just a bear. And not only will I protect what’s mine…

I’llattack. Hunt down whoever threatens us. Stalk them and prey on them until they are no longer.

Figuring out exactly whotheyare is the question.

Leo opens my door for me, and I give Asa a quickkiss on the cheek, but he grabs my hand and snags my cheeks between his fingers. “Hey, be careful. Please.”

Wyatt rubs my arm from the backseat and kisses my shoulder. I let him, though I have to suppress a shiver of dissatisfaction.

“I will be,” I tell them both. “Love you!” I call it out like it doesn’t mean much to me, like I could take them or leave them. But that’s just not true.

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