Page 46 of Venom Island

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Please, I beg Enrique with my thoughts.Please come back.

Another howl leaves me, this one filled with agony as I tumble to my side in the water. Only to splash around as I try to resurface again.

Gods, I’m a mess.

I… I can’t… I can’t stay here.

I swim-crawl back to the rock, my slick palms making it almost impossible to pull myself out. But somehow I manage, my body instantly burning up without the water.

I curl into a ball, every inch of me engulfed in flames.

Enrique… Enrique… Alpha… Please…

Cries litter the air, the sounds mingling with moans.

And followed bygrowls.

I freeze.

Those growls don’t belong to Enrique. They… they belong to… to other Alphas.

Oh, Gods…

I can hear them coming for me. Howling.Prowlingnearby.

I can smell their intrigue, their masculine traits, theirdominance.

My thighs clench.No, no… I want… I want Enrique…

But I can barely picture his face now, all my instincts demanding satisfaction. A knot.An Alpha.

No,I whisper.No!

More howls.

Intense growls.

Silent whimpers.

Some part of me knows I need to be quiet, to hide. But it hurts so much tomove.

Back to the water,I think dizzily.Drown my scent.

It hurts to move, to roll, but I… I…Gods…

Coolness splashes over me, causing me to still once more.Can they hear me?I wonder as I submerge myself in the water. It’s a temporary reprieve, granting me momentary sanity as I push back up to the surface.

It won’t last long.

I can feel the Alphas coming for me.

Hear their claiming howls.

They’re going to rip me apart, I realize, curling my legs up to my chest like I did before.Gods, Enrique… If you’re alive… Please… Please come back for me…

I close my eyes, determined to see him in my mind. To picture his perfect face.

We only had a few minutes together, but they were enough.

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