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Despite my thoughts, my hand slithered down my stomach and beneath the band of my shorts. My fingers hovered for only a second before dipping into my heat. My hips jerked as I rubbed my clit. Lips parted as he continued to hold my gaze. Yellow eyes glowed like coal as he rutted into the woman beneath him, the irritation in his eyes disappearing, replaced by carnal need.

As if he was waiting for me.

It’s as if this moment is heightened only because of me.

It’s ludicrous.

It shouldn’t make sense, but it does.

And it lit my body up like the fourth of July. I was greedily grinding against my fingers as I thrust them inside. My mind demanded I run, but my heart liked me right where I was.

His breathing filled the space as he slammed into her.

I matched his rhythm and felt myself tightening.

I’m already there.

I focused on him as he rutted harder into her. She moaned beneath him, but his gaze never left mine.

She’s nothing.

I should look away, but I don’t—can’t—won’t.

His movements changed and I moaned as I came. He growled as he came and I spasmed as my body twitched. His thrusts stopped and the spell was broken. My eyes widened before I turned on my heel and ran back. Down the halls, up the stairs, until I was throwing my door closed behind me. Dropping back against it, my heart thumped wildly in my chest. The ghost of his scent taunted me, and it was as if my body forgot I just came because I was wet again.

If I’m lucky, I’ll never see him again.

I shouldn’t have stayed. I shouldn’t have watched. But I did–and now I can’t forget the way he looked at me.

Chapter 5

Grayson

Last night shouldn’t have happened. When I saw her peeking through the crack in the door, I should have been angry, but I wasn’t. My wolf recognized her right away. She wasn’t just some woman spying on me. She was my mate.

Chapter 6

Lila

My door banged open, and I sat up so fast everything went black. When my vision cleared, Dani stood in my room with a bag in each hand, hair pulled up in two little horns, the rest spilling over her shoulders. Mischief sparkled in her eyes, and I instantly knew I wasn’t going to like whatever she’d cooked up. I blinked–And she was barreling toward me in a skin-tight black dress.

“What the hell are you doing?” I screeched as she lunged, hoo-hah flashing me as she bounced onto the bed, laughing like a maniac.

“You’ve wasted enough time crying over that pathetic excuse of a man, and I bring offerings.” She dropped something warm on my legs, the smell of grease immediately filling the air. It was our ritual–when one of us was hurting, we showed up with cravings and crushed them together. One whiff, and I already knew what was in the bag. But even the best food wouldn’t fix this.

“It has been one day,” I deadpanned. Dani was being Dani, and I’d just woken up.

“As I said, more than enough,” she huffed as she brought out the contents. Cheeseburgers were piled on next to a large fry each.

Laughing as tears pricked the corners of my eyes, I couldn’t deny it because she was right.

“Why do you look like a Barbie fresh out of the box?” I needed the topic change, and if she noticed, she didn’t let on.

“Eat. You slept the day away. We’re going out tonight. Luckily for you, I had them stock the closet for you,” she said between bites of her burger. My mouth watered, but I couldn’t focus on that right now. There was no way I was going anywhere looking like this.

“My face hasn’t healed yet. I don’t plan on leaving this room until I look normal. I don’t need everyone staring at me.” Her eyes flashed as she looked at me, but I dodged her gaze, grabbing a burger from the pile and unwrapping it.

“Youaren’t the one who should be ashamed, Lils. You’ve done nothing wrong,” she said firmly.

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