Page 205 of Kingdoms of Night

And mutinously glare up at me.

While simultaneously pressing up into my cock with an obvious invitation to fuck.

It was an invitation I would acceptafterwe discussed her antics.

“Riley,” I growled, ensuring she understood that I wasn’t in the mood to be denied. Not with her sweet andwetbody beneath me. “I’m about five seconds away from knotting you,Omega. Explain to me how that’s even possible.”

I already knew the cause—suppressants.

What I really wanted was for her to explainwhy.

She swallowed, some of the fire dying in her gaze.

I narrowed my eyes. “Answer me. Tell me why you took suppressants.” Maybe informing her what I obviously knew already would help her open up.

“I… I wanted a life…” The soft words weren’t the ones I’d expected to hear, causing me to frown. I’d never heard her speak in that tone before. It made her that much moreOmega.

And I wasn’t sure if I liked it.

Riley was all feisty prowess, which I admired about her.

I didn’t want her meek and submissive. I simply wantedher.

“I wanted tolive,” she continued with a little more power, some part of her seeming to snap into place again. “To be more than a pup-maker.”

My eyebrows flew upward. “More than awhat?”

“You heard me,” she replied, her blue eyes gleaming with liquid fire once more.

There’s my girl,I thought.Keep talking.

“I’m more than just my designation. But all you Alphas ever see is an Omega you can knot. And I wantedmore.”

Well,thatmade me growl. “I see a lot more than an Omega I can knot,” I informed her.

“Oh yeah?” She pressed up against me, her slick center coating my cock in hot arousal. “Weren’t you five seconds away from knotting me,Alpha?”

“You’re going into heat.” I couldn’t keep the rumble out of my voice. “So yeah, I’m going to knot you.”

“Without any regard for my desires?”

“Are you refusing me?” I countered, playing her at her own game and shifting my hips in a way that allowed me to rub her needy little clit. “Do you want to go into heat alone?”

“Why do you think I ran away?” she tossed back.

“Because your wolf wanted to test mine.” I moved against her again, loving the way her nipples beaded against my chest in response. “And now she knows with certainty that I’m a worthy mate. Which is why you’re practically panting beneath me, Riley. You want my knot.”

She growled in response. “I’m going into heat after over a decade without sex. I’d take any knot right now.”

My eyes narrowed. “Any knot?”

“That’s what I said, Alpha. I’m an Omega. Any knot will do. So yeah, I’m reacting to yours.”

I went back to my knees between her spread legs, taken aback by her callous statement.

I’d been craving this female for months.

Yet she’d essentially just said,I suppose you’ll do since I have no other choice.

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