Page 65 of Taken By the Pack

My jaw tightens. “She’s?—”

“No,” Grace whimpers. “So close.”

Fuck.

She presses herself deeper against me, nails digging into my skin as her fingers slip under my shirt again, tracing fire across my stomach.

She grinds down, seeking, chasing. My gaze stays locked on Rowan and Jake.

I don’t let go.

“Yes, yes, yes,” she moans, and fuck, they hear it, smell it, know the exact second she tips over.

The room is thick with it, her scent wrapping around all of us like a vice.

She’s panting now, her body trembling against mine, eyes hazy as she finally looks up and sees them.

Jake takes a slow step forward.

“Hey, baby,” he says, voice softer now. “Let me help you up.”

He’s careful when he lifts her, keeping her close, making sure she doesn’t stumble.

Rowan doesn’t move. His gaze snaps to me, sharp and full of something vicious. Jake looks between us.

“Let him go, Rowan. We need to take care of our girl.”

Rowan’s chest rises and falls like he’s barely holding himself back.

His hands twitch at his sides, his whole body vibrating with the kind of energy that says he’d rather throw me through a fucking wall.

But he doesn’t.

“Get the fuck out,” he finally says, voice like gravel.

I swallow, still impossibly hard, and push to my feet. My jaw is tight as I force myself to move, as I make it to the door.

Then I hear it: a soft, wrecked moan.

“Fuck me,” she whimpers.

I don’t look back.

I step out, my pulse hammering, my body screaming, my mind—what the fuck was that?

I keep walking, my muscles coiled tight, my breathing sharp as I head back to my place. It’s close enough to fucking see right into her windows.

I don’t mean to look.

But the light’s still on. My body is still wired, still aching.

I drag a hand down my face and sink onto the couch, every inch of me desperate and raw. My fingers move to my belt, unbuckling it with a sharp pull, and fuck?—

Not even with Mia. Not even with my mate have I ever felt this fucking powerless to an Omega.

And that scares the absolute shit out of me.

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