Page 54 of Rebel Fates

She doesn’t flinch with my aggressive act of pinning her to the wall, instead she grabs my shoulders and uses the leverage to wrap her legs around my waist.

I growl, and she moans.

Oh, no.

Without a thought, I lunge forward and take hold of her neck with my jaws. I could kill her with just a bit of pressure.

But she only wiggles her hips into me and tilts her head to expose her delicate throat to me completely.

My teeth threaten to puncture her flesh. Pressing my body into hers, I could claim her right now. Or tear her throat out. I’m not sure which I should do.

No, I can’t.

I loosen my jaw and lick her where my teeth have left an impression, but no blood. Why does she taste so delicious? She smells like our precious females.

Gemma shivers and seems to come out of her haze somewhat. “Rok? What’s happening to me?”

“I don’t know, but we should find out before anything else happens.”

“Okay.” She untangles her legs from around me and settles her feet back on the floor. She flushes bright red. “I don’t know what’s coming over me lately.”

I still haven’t stepped away. My body is firm against hers. “Me either,” I murmur as I press my forehead to hers, making her look me in the eye. “I’m sorry.”

“Why?” She frowns. “I am pretty sure that I attacked you. You were only defending yourself.”

I chuckle. I almost killed her or claimed her, which would have likely led to unintentionally killing her.

She glances down at my combat outfit. “Are you in a battle right now? Shouldn’t you be helping the others?”

“We aren’t engaged with the enemy… yet. But I needed to check on you.”

“You did?”

“You called out for me.” My hands can’t seem to leave her hips. I don’t want to walk away.

If I didn’t know any better, I’d say she was my fated omega mate. But that’s impossible. She’s a human.

Her eyelids droop, and she leans into me.Somethingis overcoming her, and it worries me more than I want to acknowledge. Lifting her into my arms, I carry her toward the med bay.

“Oh, no. I did it again. Didn’t I?” She presses her face into my chest, seeking comfort from a grump like me. “I’m sorry that I’ve put the crew in danger.”

“I’ve got you. It will be okay.” I hope what I say is true.

Now I know what tests I need to run. And I’m kicking myself that I didn’t want to acknowledge the possibility before this moment.

24

THE ENEMY

ZEEK

Ican’t stand that Rok is alone with Gemma. Has he gone in there to silence her forever? If it wouldn’t jeopardize all our lives, I would rush in after him.

He wouldn’t harm her, would he? For the sake of our survival, I’m not sure.

We aren’t using our comms to prevent the enemy from picking up our communications. But I want to break protocol and ask him what he intends to do with her.

Our animals are so strong in us right now that I can’t trust Rok. His lust and his violence are right on the surface, just like Serrat and me. I convince myself that he wouldn’t harm Gemma, no matter his irritation.

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