“Caspian, more,” I said as his caramel scent washed over me. “Keep marking me,” I demanded, knowing it wasn’t just me speaking; it was my instincts asking to be claimed by an alpha. But I couldn’t bring myself to sayAnd I’ll mark you.

I dipped my chin, giving him more space for his large hand on the back of my neck. My hair fell forward over my shoulders, completely exposing my neck, and offering myself for a bite.

Caspian

Howdareshe?Howfucking dare Mel offer herself to me like that when my omega was standing right next to her?

I looked at Kai, his rage curling through him, but he had his closed fan pressed against his lips, his eyes gleaming as he watched her.

Her body jolted and she suddenly pulled herself away from me, but I wasn’t letting her go.

“Was that enough?” she asked as she lifted her head again.

“What?” I snapped.

“Was that enough to convince people I’m your omega?” She cleared her throat, the echo of it vibrating in my hand. “You all said I’ve got to play the part, so acting like I want a bite from someone like you should be fine, shouldn’t it?”

My eyes widened as I moved closer, just enough that my body hovered against hers. Not close enough to touch, but enough that our auras and scents blended in a way that was fucking intoxicating.

“Are you fucking joking? You really think that’s enough?” As if it wasn’t already sick that I’d considered biting her, even for the slightest second. “It’s enough when I say it’s enough. If you want to be my omega, you fucking treasure the ground I walk on. If you’re mine, you’d do whatever the fuck I want you to.”

Nerves burst through her scent, and I didn’t even try to fucking fight it as she moved. Like I could ignore the pure need blazing through me, how that wild look in her eye made me want to ruin her. I couldn’t fucking stop as her hand slipped down my fly to cup my cock.

And I fucking lost it.

A sound ripped from me, a mix of a growl and a moan as she squeezed and I launched myself at her.

She cried out, but I swallowed it all as my hand tightened around her neck and I forced her to stay still as I took her lips for myself.

Pressing my chest against her, my shoulders curved as I bent down. Desperately kissing her, I caged her into the wall. She replied with her own growl, rumbling from her as her hand trapped between us and pressed around my cock. And it only made me more insane.

Her taste exploded in my mouth as I swept my tongue over her lips, and she met me with fierce moans. Kai’s amaretto had merged with her brandy, still coating her mouth from their kiss.

She gasped for me more passionately than she did for Kai.

For Kai, she was all sweetness and sex, but her claws dug into me like a feral cat as she rubbed her breasts against my chest and fucking went for it with everything she had.

Each kiss brought a new waft of her slick until my mind was blown, so fucking drunk on her it felt like I was in rut again.

“Fuck,” I groaned against her lips, shuddering over her as she stroked her hand over my cock.

“Don’t stop, Caspian. You can’t leave me hanging.”

I pressed my nose against hers, staring intensely at the desire stirred up in her eyes. She shouldn’t look at me like that. Strong and confident, so different from the submissive omega who’d taken my cock so well in the heat suite.

Sin and Kai pushed against my awareness, and I was so fucking glad that a stab of Kai’s anger through the bond was enough to get me to pull back.

“Kai,” I groaned against her lips. “What would you say if I tore this dress off of Mel so I can show her who her real alpha is?”

She whined under me, her hand twitching over my cock like she was trying to fucking torture me, even though her scent swirled around her in a lazy stream of lust.

“Don’t you fucking dare,” Kai growled. “I’m letting you mark her, not fuck her.”

“Then what were you doing earlier?” she croaked, looking at him through my harsh grip. “Because that felt like fucking to me.”

She whimpered as I nuzzled her cheek, my alpha instincts taking over at hearing a horny omega in need. Like I was going to claim her instead of showing her who I really was.

A soft kiss against the edge of her jaw, burying my nose under her ear to take another hit of her scent just as she ground the heel of her hand into my crotch. I groaned against her, and I couldn’t resist it anymore.