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Valen fucks me against the wall so hard I think the room is shaking. I’ve got my legs wrapped around his hips. His fingers curl into my ass cheek and hoist me up, only to spear me to the wall with his cock. His face is as intense as I’ve ever seen it, and even though a part of me is horrified at the violence of our mating, a bigger part of me is urging him on.

Needing it.

“Fuck meharder!” I hiss, kissing him, demanding he unleash everything on me. “Valen, harder. I need more!”

I claw at his skin, trying to pull him into me, licking at his sweat and drowning in the taste of him.

I’m sweating. I lift a trembling hand and wipe my forehead. What was I thinking? Was I thinking? I must have been insane. I run my hand down my neck, wincing at the pain. My eyes widen. What is that?

I feel the edges of the wound and then spring into the bathroom, staring at the bite on my neck.

I stare at myself. I look vibrant, well-fucked, content. My skin is glowing.

And there is a damn bond mark on my neck. I poke it again and feel a huge, cold strength wake and turn in my direction.

All at once, I remember the teeth in my neck. A bond shimmering and stretching and Zaden’s small frown as he wipes blood from my lips. I see the bond I left on his shoulder, and in my memory, I hear my purr.

“It was an accident,” memory Zaden says.

And, to me, it looks like he regrets it.

“Oh, Lia, what the fuck have you done?”

Chapter thirty-nine

Lia

Zaden chases me downthe hallway as I pull on his jumper and run down the stairs. I get to the kitchen and pause, seeing Nick splattered there. I gag and turn away, blindly walking into another room and going to the darkest corner I can find.

“LIA!”

I crouch down and wrap my arms around my legs. What have I done? I have a bond mark on my neck. Zaden bit me. That’s forever.

Tears well in my eyes, and I whimper.

Zaden grabs my upper’s arms and drags me up into a standing position. “Lia, what the fuck?”

“Let me go!”

“Fuck no!”

“Did you find Malone?”

Zaden goes still. “Not yet.”

I go silent and just stare at him. What can I say? I’m not yours. I got your brother killed. There’s not a moment that is going to go by where I don’t look at you and know you lied. That you tied yourself to me forever, knowing that you belonged to someone else.

Instead, I stay stubbornly silent.

Hours pass.

Days pass.

Mills brings me food that I reluctantly eat and drinks that I consume. Ianto stands in the shadows, a growing wall of wrath that watches me constantly. Ranger is frantic,whispering all the words I would love to hear. He loves me. I’m his omega. He’s saying that, but I can’t trust him. I can’t believe them.

It’s during this time I spend a lot of time thinking about my mother. I’m silent because this is what I do. Because if I say something, the result will be catastrophic. I hate her. All the betrayals and hateful words push into my mind, and even if I wanted to speak, I can’t find the words.

I’m paralyzed by fear.

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