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My world is tipped forward, Nyx’s hold on me shifting just a bit to peel me off of the ground and lift me into his arms. I’m settled into his lap while he keeps ahold of my hips, slamming me down over and over again until I feel my entire body shake from how badly I want to come.

He won’t let me though, prolonging my suffering with a soft chuckle as he pulls his mouth off of mine. “Not yet.”

His lips are wet with my saliva, glistening in the sunlight streaming in through the windows. The two of us fucking here in the greenhouse is more erotic than I thought it would be—alone among the hand-grown plants, with no one around to interrupt us and pull us away from each other.

I grab onto the hair at the nape of his neck, keeping a steady hold on it. “I’m so close…”

“Scream for me, then,” he says, his face lowering to my neck. “So that everyone will know you’re mine.”

Just as I come, I yell out his name. His teeth bite down on my neck, leaving a lingering mark as he fills me.

57

Aiden

“You going down there alone is suicidal,” Constance snaps. “You really think Nyx Calloway is just going to let you waltz into his lands?”

“Weren’t you the one arguing with me that I need to get my mate back?” Glancing over at Camden, he’s wearing a similar frown as Constance.

He’s been quiet since I announced my departure. With him needing to stay here in order to take care of the pack and whatever issues arise while I’m gone, he’s less than thrilled with me leaving for the South.

Outside of Delilah and me, I’ll have a few enforcers with me too. The downside to approaching the other alpha king’s territory is that there is a balance that needs to be had. Arriving withtoo much force behind me will allude to me coming with bad intentions.

However, showing up with too little will leave me vulnerable to any threats that may arise.

With Delilah being good at sneaking around undetected, I’ll be sending her in behind me while I’m busy with Calloway and whatever army he brings with him to meet me at the border. Hopefully he’ll be pompous enough to bring his entire force with him, sparing an opening for Delilah to pass through.

Tracking down Raine is the hard part, given that I have no idea if Calloway even still has her. He could’ve simply gotten bored of her by now and sold her off, much like she’d been before.

“That’s not the point and you know it.” This entire morning, Constance’s attitude has been just under the line of fed up. With her having to stay behind too to keep up the appearance of my advisors with our elders, she’s also pissed.

“Look.” Lifting myself up from my chair and crossing over the room to where they are, my arms fold over my chest. “There’s no other way around this. If I’m going to be taking Raine from him, I need to act serious about it. Sneaking her out will be impossible with us not knowing the terrain. It could get her and whoever I send killed.”

“It’s impossible to get her with your plan too,” she says.

“I have to try, Constance.”

Her mouth clamps shut instantly.

Even if this entire journey ends with me hanging for my crimes, I’ll at least have tried my best in getting Raine back. My pack will be left in good hands with Camden, I have no doubt.

“I’ll send word to you both once I make contact.” Focusing my attention on my beta, I say, “Keep Anais contained. The last time we talked, she threatened to go to the elders.”

He nods once. “Got it.”

“She needs to be told something about you leaving.” Constance sighs. “Or else I’m worried she’ll try to go to her father about you holding out on your mating ceremony.”

An unfortunately good point.

Not only is Anais’s father an important member within our pack, she’s the daughter to my father’s former top advisor. Her family’s status within the pack was a driving force behind the elders choosing her for me, along with her docile nature.

Lately it seems she’s been taking a backseat to that and letting her emotions run wild. I can’t have her running around spreading rumors while I’m gone, especially with our mating ceremony still in the works.

If I’m to hope that I’m coming home with Raine and my elders will accept her once she’s here, I need to keep Anais as far away from exploding as possible.

Her reaction to Delilah told me plenty on how meeting Raine will go down.

But that’s a problem for another time.

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