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“Stop. Saying. Hard.”
Orix snorts, and I shoot him a dark look. He holds up his hands. “Hey, I’m just thinking what you’re thinking.”
“Cam deserves to have someone in her life. A real lover.”
Her words slice into me, tugging a low growl from my lips. “Stop.”
“No. You need to accept that,” Selas says. “You can’t expect her to be chaste all her life. And you can’t be either. I know what I said to her in the training room the other day, but it isn’t sustainable, not if she ends up as part of our team permanently.”
“You mean if Romi isn’t…If he can’t be an elite anymore,” Orix says.
“Yes,” Selas replies. “We need to be prepared for the worst, in which case, Cameron will stay on as elite for years. You’ll both have to learn to lead separate lives while under the same roof.”
“You’re saying I should encourage her to fuck other males?” Even saying the words makes me furious. “I’ll kill anyone who touches her.”
“So you want her to suffer? To need relief all the time?”
Fuck. “Stop it.”
“That sexual tension will need to be relieved or else—”
“Enough!”
Silence fills the space between us. “I can’t think about it. I can’t know. But I won’t…I won’t intervene.” Fuck, it hurts to even say it.
But she’s right. She’s my mate and my beast wants only her. But until a fated pair have consummated, they can control their beasts enough to take their pleasures elsewhere. At least, that’s the theory. But I don’t know of any fated pair that have tested it. Cam and I will be the first.
I feel sick.
“Giving her permission to take a lover doesn’t mean she will,” Selas says. “The woman is about as stubborn as you are.”
“But she can’t have Levi,” Orix says, joining us at the windows. “The spawn of Ulrickson is too much of a risk. The Mason boy, however…He’s a safe choice.”
The inferno in my chest rages on, logic fighting primal nature. Beast fighting the goyle.
“She’s on her way here now,” Selas says. “I’ll let her in, and you…” She shakes her head at me. “Go take a cold shower and calm down.”
Cold showers are about to become my best friend.
CHAPTER18
CAM
Selas and I took a lift to the sixth floor and into a lounge with four doors leading off it.
“That’s my room.” Selas pointed to the right. “Shared bathroom.” She pointed straight ahead. “And this one is yours.” She pushed open the door to the left of the bathroom and stepped back to let me inside.
The room smelled like fresh linen. The king-size bed took up most of the space, the rest occupied by a dresser and wardrobe. My things sat neatly on the rug at the foot of the bed. There was only one window, fitted with blinds.
“I know it’s small,” Selas said. “But you can make it your own. We’ll go into Asteria and grab some throws and cushions if you like.”
“No. It’s fine the way it is. Easier to keep tidy.”
“You sound just like Romi.” She bit her lip. “I’m sorry…I shouldn’t have—”
“No. I want to talk about him. I need to.” I scanned the room. “Was this…Was this his room?”
“Yes. Is that okay?”
