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I bury myself between her legs, while she undulates against my face, her legs tense and move restlessly as she lifts her hips.

I’m surprised when she comes. She lets out a deep moan, and when the flood of slick comes, it tastes even better than I’d dreamed. I lick until she’s a twitching mess.

Then I trace her with my fingers, exploring. I push into her and groan, shifting my weight. She is hot and tight, so tight. I want nothing more than to bury myself in her right now.

But I won’t.

I lean back in, licking and sucking, stroking and rubbing with my fingers and watching as she falls apart for me over and over.

And when she’s lying in my arms, exhausted and sated, I don’t even feel a little bit sad.

“Envy?”

“Yes?”

“Why won’t you have sex with me?”

I hesitate. I’ve been dreading this question because I don’t know how to explain it properly. “That’s a hard one to answer, but let me try. I don’t want to have sex with you until I know that we’re going to be forever. Until you are sure of me, and there are no barriers. You are my all or nothing.”

“But-”

“Nope. No more other omega nonsense. I want you, and I’m determined that I’m going to have you. I just want to wait because, Auryn, I don’t think I could let you go.”

She is quiet for a long time, and then she turns her face into my chest. “I love you, too.”

Chapter twenty-five

Digs

I bow to blue-green,it’s the colour of my world- Dillon ‘Digs’ Fate

Ryn stands beside me in the lift. I watch her face carefully in the mirror. She doesn’t look devastated or closed off anymore, but she doesn’t look happy, either.

I reach out, brushing the backs of my fingers against hers. She starts and turns her head, staring up at me. Those blue-green eyes bore into me, and I lose my ability to think.

“Aura?”

She smiles, just slightly, and then her hand grips mine and squeezes.

The despair that has sat on my chest like a massive thundercloud lifts.

I search her face, needing to be sure, but her smile is dazzling. She is dazzling.

“I’m sorry.”

She nods and leans into my arm, pulling back as those fucking doors open. I hate those doors. But when she steps out, following Tyr, I’m just behind her, where I think I will always be, if I have my say in the matter.

We head towards the exit, and I spit out a warning when I see the cameras and throng of people waiting. Shit, where did they come from and where is the security?

“Heads down, keep walking,” Tyr hisses.

Mako, Tyr, Tony, and I move in a diamond with Envy protecting Ryn inside. Security gathers around us. They look at Tony, who nods and then goes through the doors first, shoving people back.

“Stay close,” I say to Ryn.

We move and move fast, but we’re quickly brought to a halt just outside the doors.

“Can you confirm that you are dating the band, Beta Raines?”

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