Page 52 of Crave

She kissed me again, softer this time, and I swore I could feel my heartbeat in my dick—it was that hard.

“Tanner…” she breathed, rolling against me, and I groaned. My lips brushed across hers again. I wanted to sip from her lips every day for the rest of my—

The door to the clinic burst open, and a sweaty, panicked Manix Alpha stood in the doorway.

Cooper. One of the Alphas from the Fletcher-Wiley-Reid Pack. His Omega was pregnant. I willed my blood to fly from my dick back up to my brain, jumping away from Susannah like she was on fire.

“Darius is in labor.”

Well, that was enough to make my dick behave. Turning, I grabbed the bag I’d packed earlier for this. Darius was really my only long-term patient, and I’d judged that he had to be due really soon. Like a Boy Scout and a serial killer, it always paid to be prepared.

“I’ll be right there. Uh, about this…” I looked at Susannah, whose eyes were wide and worried.

Cooper waved a hand, like the fact a vampire fucking one of their precious female Omegas meant nothing. “I couldn’t give a fucking shit.” His eyes met Susannah’s. “Good for you. You deserve this. Now, my Omega is in pain and about to give birth in an extremely dangerous manner, so let’s get the fuck out of here.” He gave me a slight smile. “Your kinkery can wait.”

He gave me quick directions to his house and raced out of there again, saying something about getting Corvin.

I stared down at Susannah, kissing her lips softly. “I’ve got to go.”

She pushed my chest, her eyes smiling as brightly as her lips. “Go deliver some miracle babies.”

I kept my panic locked down, going over the notes I’d made in my head. I had this. Time to welcome some Manix into the world.

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MURPHY

Iwent to check on Tanner, but I found a flushed and delicious-smelling Susannah instead. Stumbling out of the new medical clinic, she had that freshly fucked expression that was almost universal.Well, well, well.

I tried, and probably failed, to hide my grin. “Hello there, Omega. You’re looking radiant.” Her cheeks flushed even redder, and I resisted the urge to chuckle.

“Hey, Murphy.”

I couldn’t help myself. I grabbed her arms and pulled her against my body, wrapping my arms around her smaller frame. She felt so damn good against me, and I wanted to bury my face in her neck and breathe her in for hours. “You smell like you’ve been having fun.”

She slapped my arm, looking up at me with a frown. “Don’t be gross, Owen Murphy.”

Now it was my turn to screw my nose up. “Don’t call me Owen. Only my mom calls me Owen, and she’s not who I want to be thinking about when I have a beautiful woman in my arms.”

She gave me a devilish smirk, and I knew I’d just handed her ammo to tease me with forever. I didn’t care though, because it meant I’d have her forever. I’d hand her all of my weaknesses if it meant I could keep her.

Stepping back, I kept an arm slung over her shoulders. “Where’s the good doctor?”

“Darius went into labor. He’s delivering cubs.”

A longing feeling came over me. Would I one day see this Omega in my arms round with my cubs? Or Quinn, big and laden down with a whole litter, grumpy enough that I would do anything in my power to make him happy? Would Tanner deliver them for us, our children?

“Did he look nervous?”

Susannah laughed, snuggling in closer. “Terrified, but determined. He’ll do everything he can to deliver them safely.” The surety in her voice made my heart swell. She’d have that much faith in me too, eventually, and I was determined to earn it.

I kissed her temple. “Want to get some lunch with me? Where’s your other half anyway?”

She pressed into my side as we walked down the street. I ignored the stares of other Manix. She was mine, and if they wanted to say something about it, I would put them down like that upstart Legion Alpha.

“Tracking down our luggage. I was going to see my father before he left for Maxton, but thought I’d stop in and check Tanner was doing okay.”

“And was he doing okay?” I murmured beside her ear. I felt her shiver beneath my hand, and I resisted the urge to push her against the wall of this dilapidated building and fuck her brains out.

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