Page 82 of Claimed By Blood

I snort. “For the same reason I am. For Finn.”

“This changes nothing,” he adds. “I’m not going to magically start approving of every—”

“Did I ask for that?” I retort.

He pinches the bridge of his nose. “Pick a word.”

God, we’re doing this. My mind blanks, and suddenly I forget every word in the dictionary.

“Silver,” I eventually say.

He nods once.

“Take off your clothes and get on the bed,” he orders.

I know what he’s waiting for—some kind of hesitation. Anything that will prove to him that I’m not capable of this.

He won’t get it.

My fingers drop to the button of my jeans flicking it open. I drag my clothes off and dump them, uncaring of where they land, then head for the pastel floral sheets with my head high but not making eye contact.

I can’t do anything to challenge him.

Gideon hisses out a breath when my legs part and he sees the evidence of my arousal.

That’s right, Alpha, I want this.I might have suggested this to help Finn, but that doesn’t mean I’m unaffected.

The second I lie back on the cool sheets, he snaps out, “Hands above your head.”

I do it.

“Arch your back. I want to see your breasts.”

Once again, I comply, my nipples pebbling in the air.

“Legs wider.” His voice is rougher now. The command hoarse.

My core clenches as I follow the command, and his nostrils flare.

“Last chance, Evelyn.” His whole body is strung tight, like an elastic band about to snap.

I open my mouth to speak, then snap it closed as I remember not to sass him.

So I do the one thing I know means submission across all species.

I tilt my head and bare my neck.

Gideon is on me before I can blink.

A rough hand palms my breast, squeezing to the point of almost-pain, and a moan tears out of me. His other hand scrabbles at his belt, ripping open his trousers and freeing his already leaking cock.

God. I’ve never seen one so thick. Gideon isn’t as long as Finn and Silas, but the alpha makes up for it in girth. My mouth goes dry as I start to wonder if that will evenfit.

His hand releases my breast only to spank it, and I gasp as the sharp sting sends a bolt straight to my core and my body clenches on nothing. When his mouth descends to brush against my throat, I forget all about my concern over his size.

Gideon runs his teeth along my neck, testing me as he runs the mushroom head of his fat cock along my slit.

Teasing me with what I could have. Giving me the barest taste of what our joining will be like.

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