Page 150 of Queen of Diamonds

“I’ve got you, Princess.”

The breath I took was long and shuddering, like it had been trapped for an eternity, and then I was clutching him, low, desperate whines in my chest and I forced my eyes open.

“You’re h-here.” My voice was choked as he blurred in tears. Sharp jaw, dark eyes, long locs that brushed my skin, pear grove, as real as the roses that lingered in the distance, finally marking this reality as the real one.

“I’m here.”

I shifted over him, a low moan of pain slipping out. Now the nightmare was behind me—now, reality was crashing in. I… I needed him.

My nails dug against his skin.

“I’m here, Glade,” he said again, easily shifting me. “I’m here and I’m never going anywhere ever again.”

Our bodies connected, and I reacted on nothing but instinct, taking his hand and dragging it backwards as I tilted my head.

“I love you,” I whispered, freeing words that had been caught in my soul for far too long.

He let out a low, rumbling growl, following my guidance without hesitation. I sank lower. He completed me as I took his knot and soothed my heat for the first time in my life. His hand circled my waist, trailing up my back until he found his name among my scars, his other tangled in my hair, holding me still as his teeth found my neck.

“I love you, too.”

I soaked that in and realised how safe I felt.

More safe than I’d ever felt in my life. And then my eyes fluttered open, sticking on tears that had finally stopped.

The others...

As if they could feel it through the bond, Zed and Kyan were at my side. I was crying again as their scents tangled with Knights.

“I love you.” I was sobbing like a baby, reaching for them.

“I love you too, Little Devil,” Zed breathed, his lips finding mine.

Kyan was there, wrapping his arms around me from behind, and the muscled ridges of his chest, a massive wall of Alpha skin soothing the warmth of my skin.

“You already know how much I love you,” Kyan breathed, teeth grazing my arm. “My Sweet Oasis.”

It was over. Ace was caught, and my heat was here, and I had the Alphas I loved.

Kyan had promised me I would never have to face Ace again, and he’d done it. Somehow, he’d managed it.

Once the sweetness was out of the way and Knight’s knot released me, full heat collided with me like a freight train.

Actually, a freight train might have been kinder.

I was in a daze.

Tears were a distant memory; surges of hormones that incinerated every rational thought left to man. Or Omega.

Or whatever.

All I knew was that I needed my Alphas like a fire needed oxygen.

Like a desert needed rain.

Like a… I didn’t know where I was going with that. All I really knew was that I was caught between Knight, who had a firm grip on my wrist and hip from behind, and Zed who was before me.

And I was still pissed because Kyan hadn’t figured out where to stick his dick yet.

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