Page 119 of Omega Sanctuary

I shrugged. I certainly didn't feel it.

"They're concerned for you, rightly so. But you bond an alpha when you're good and ready."

I sighed and set my glass of wine down. I had enough to feel mellow. "I'm doomed. They keep talking about my heat like it's going to be the apocalypse."

"We can handle it," Rayth said. There was no doubt in his voice, only the certainty of a man used to getting things done. "Whatever you want, we'll make it work."

"I don't know." I huffed. I looked at him, picturing him and Asano, and my cheeks heated.

He grinned at me. "That? Pet, you can have my cock and my knot whenever you want."

I sucked in a breath. He said it so matter of factly.

"I don't know if you..." I blushed. "I'm better when it's like spontaneous."

"Your hormones are going crazy." He brushed his fingertips over mine. "Normally I can make an advance and tell if you’re willing, but this late into your heat..."

"You're worried you're going to seduce me?" My voice was a harsh whisper. "That's what I want. Just..."

I trailed off, my voice a whisper. I couldn't voice the nameless urges.

He stood up. "Go lay down on the bed."

His didn't raise his voice, but the demand in his tone was unmistakable. Heat shot through me, and my core throbbed.

I made it into the bedroom and laid down. He didn't tell me where, so I settled for my side. He followed me a minute later, and paused in the doorway.

He raked his gaze over me, his shirt open at the collar. "You test me, pet."

"Do it?" I shifted on the bed.

"Yes." He started unbuttoning his jacket. "I know exactly what you want, what you're screaming for me to do."

"Good," I panted. "One of us knows."

He laughed at that. "You know too, Zara."

I shook my head. "I just...want."

He shrugged out of his jacket. "Trouble is, it might be too intense. We haven't bedded each other yet."

"I'll tell you no." He was worried about going too far? That was sweet, but misguided considering the dark fantasies running through my mind.

He looked skeptical at that but started unbuttoning his shirt.

"I will. I have no problems telling you if it's too much. I've done it before." I grimaced, remembering Jaiyen.

"Sounds like he wasn't a good listener."

"He wasn't." I shrugged a shoulder, letting my sleeve slide off.

He growled, grabbing his pants.

So he wasn't as cool and collected as he pretended. I grinned at him.

It occurred to me I had all the power in this exchange. He thought I was some poor, delicate omega. He worried he would hurt me.

He was wrong. I wanted rough, intense passion. More than that, I wanted his loss of control. If I was going to be an insane creature of lust, then by the saints, so would he.

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